Making Plans for Nigel: Nigel, In Europe, Admired.

Making Plans for Nigel: Nigel, In Europe, Admired.
- interviewer: Jianda Johnson

With bold courage, Nigel and a few mates decided to make their way around Europe, selling their art along the way, and documenting the process, letting the folks at home (Southern California) know how it was going, all the while.

Nigel's friends needed to attend to other responsibilities, but he is still well on his way. Especially in these challenging times, his courage, love of life, and INCREDIBLE ARTWORK is so heartening to witness. Read on:

How long has your website been up, and what inspired your creation of it?

Nigel: I created the website around May of 2002. and I've been here in Europe for nine months now. The inspiration came from a need to market my paintings and market my book, as well as to keep my friends and family abreast of what I'm doing.

I wanted it to be just like a journal, so everyday observation, random thoughts, drawings, letters, anything that you would put in your journal would be on the website. It's like finding Robinson Crusoe's journal, but instead of some deserted guy on an island, it's some guy traveling around Europe for two years to paint and write.

I would have liked to included the coffee stains and scent of French cooking (that my actual journals are now wearing with pride), but unfortunately the online medium still has its limitations.

I try to provide photos of the places I've visited, so where my descriptive language fails, the photos fill in. I think this is one advantage of this medium over a book, in that you actually see what I am describing. After some 18,000 photos, I can say with some confidence, the photos are pretty good.

When you began, they were three--where are the other two explorers now?

I began this journey with fellow surfing and painting buddies Jeremy King and John Moseley. Both have since gone back to San Diego where they are now surfing it up and painting the coast (without me, I might add). At least, they told me they'd visit me now and again. Jeremy is in college and John is working as a full-time artist. Good friends well missed.

Are you the sole webmaster at NigelinEurope.com?

Yes. I update the website from here, which can be tricky at times, and my good friend Chris Taylor helps me with technical glitches back home. He is also serving my website.

Article Author: Jianda Johnson

A health-conscious artist, musician, vocalist and widely-published writer, Jianda's also a poet, guitarist, actress and singer-songwriter with singles/albums that are both self-released and available on several international independent labels including: …

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