New Series of Images in the Works
I'm working on a new series of images. I almost never show a photograph before its ready, but I'm pretty happy with the early results so...
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Xavier Nuez
May 112 min read
Amdur Productions Interview
I was the featured artist with Amdur Productions recently which was very cool! Amdur productions is known nation-wide for producing many...
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Xavier Nuez
Mar 101 min read
Florida Awards
I recently won the City of Tampa Award at Gasparilla, Tampa's premier art festival. It was great to be recognized and honored in a city I...
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Xavier Nuez
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists: Featured Artist
It was a great privilage to be CAVA's featured artist for October and November 2023. FEATURED CAVA ARTIST XAVIER NUEZ is an acclaimed,...
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Xavier Nuez
Sep 19, 20233 min read
Darkwood mushroom series
Darkwood Serenade, 2023 For months I'd been doing casual research on mushrooms, learning how astonishing their hidden world (and the...
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Xavier Nuez
Jun 5, 20231 min read
Fairy Nook
In Florida I met Randal who had created an entire Fairy village next to his home in the forest NW of Naples. I went to see it and it...
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Xavier Nuez
Apr 7, 20232 min read
Cakes as art objects. Why not!
I have a friend in Nashville, Missy Gurley, who's a brilliant pastry chef. Seeing her creations made me think of cakes in a new way. Yes...
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Xavier Nuez
Oct 19, 202210 min read
Need a Change? Grab Your Resilience Bucket & Light Up Your Life
Psychologist Lyssa Menard has deconstructed much of the foundation of my art (and myself) in a deeply thoughtful and enlightening...
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Xavier Nuez
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Highland Park Strong
Doing art festivals, you always get to see a community at its best. You find a gathering of people enjoying many of the best things life...
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Xavier Nuez
Aug 31, 20222 min read
New Image: The Gate is Open
I had had an idea for an image for some years: where a winding path would lead through overgrown, lush foliage. One day while on a walk...
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Xavier Nuez
Aug 3, 20221 min read
RV Museum Donation
My image "Lost and Found" has been a big hit with collectors. Amy Amdur - the unrivaled Queen of Chicago art festivals - has called Lost...
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Xavier Nuez
May 4, 20221 min read
New Image! Tiki Bar
I paddled through dense green waters, and drifted along turquoise blue streams. Through fields of wildflower, I floated as if in a dream....
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Xavier Nuez
Apr 4, 20221 min read
New Image! "Tranquility"
During the pandemic, I got into the habit of going for hour long morning walks. One day I reached a street corner where the residents had...
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Xavier Nuez
Mar 16, 20221 min read
PBS interview: Eye on the Arts
PBS crew in my studio. November 2021 This Wednesday, March 16, I'll be one of the artists featured in a very intimate and personal...
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Xavier Nuez
Nov 24, 20211 min read
Thank you for a fantastic year!
Between Now and Dec 1st (now the 10th!), everything is 15% off! (With a min $50 purchase) Use coupon code BF15 at check out Thanksgiving...
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Xavier Nuez
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Another awesome Light Painting Workshop has come and gone
As usual, my students created incredible works with just a few hours of training. Here are a few of their images. The next workshop will...
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Xavier Nuez
Aug 24, 20212 min read
Let's take a picture!
My latest image, Lost and Found, has been a real journey to create, but I love the result! The trailer is actually a rare cultural...
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Xavier Nuez
May 25, 20215 min read
Compton - Them and Now
I just finished the epic and traumatizing TV show, Them, about a black family that moves into Compton in 1953, when the neighborhood was...
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Xavier Nuez
Sep 15, 20203 min read
Makin Videos!
In the midst of this pandemic, and having to stay at home with extra time on my hands, I've started putting together short videos that...
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Xavier Nuez
Jun 27, 20202 min read
Diving Deep into Online
The current virus crisis has forced me and my wife Nikki, who runs our art business with me, to turn our sights toward the only game in...
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