Nick Bantock
Nick Bantock
Nick Bantockis a British artist and author based in Saltspring Island, British Columbia, known for his series, The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy. His books are published by Raincoast Books in Canada and Chronicle Books in the United States...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth14 July 1949
pain heart loss
in the caves of my heart, where pain taps out its rhythms and sorrow sets its loss, i am without direction.
foundation nasty elegance
It's the nasty and the accident that form the foundation for elegance that comes later.
pain constant bedfellows
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows
ideas perspective events
An idea or an insight doesn't come from a single happening, it requires a meeting to alter a perspective. Often it takes a while for the events to collide, but when they do it is inevitable that a change will follow.
understanding green approximation
Every one of us sees 'green' differently. So everything is an approximation of understanding.
country stars going-out
The telephone is a great knee-jerk machine, but if you really want to tell someone how you feel, you need the slowness of the letter. In a society where everything is fast, it's like going out in the country and looking up at the stars.
writing long letters
Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helterskelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts
art dark judging
Art is like therapy; what comes up is what comes up. It may be dark, but that's what comes up. You may want to keep some of it in a drawer but never judge it.
sex keys entering
One of the key pleasures of receiving a letter is the act of holding and entering the envelope - a sort of cross between Christmas and sex.
children careers nonsense
I like it that my career has all the predictability and continuity of a children's nonsense rhyme.
art ideas looks
I have no idea of what it's going to look like when I start a piece. Making art is like having a relationship. You want to bring in some ideas, but if you don't allow it to develop naturally and speak to you as it develops, you end up imposing and projecting upon it.
girl eye wish
she hurriedly wipes her eyes so that he can see the girl he wishes.