Category Archives: Arts

I love trains. And I love to photgraph trains and men working on trains. Here is just a sampling. This page will grow as I add images. I have several hundred.  

Nikola Tesla is  the Serbian/Croatian genius who immigrated to the United States and developed our system of AC electrical  generation and transmission, the system that the whole world uses today. Here is Tesla talking in 1908: "As soon as it … Continue reading →

On my old website, I had a section called ‘Charioteer’ which discussed art. Here is the original heading for that section: Under the rubric of art, Charioteer will discuss the pre-eminence worldwide of Western ideas in art, architecture, engineering and … Continue reading →

Drawn to Drama; Italian Works on Paper, 1500-1800, The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts Above: Clockwise from top left. Detail of Head of a Woman, Early 1490s by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. Deatil of Standing Male Nude, c. 1735-40, by Francesco … Continue reading →

Here is some family history. The dates may not be precise but the sentiment surely is: My grandparents on my mother’s side came from Sparta, Greece in the early 20th century, before 1910, I believe. They settled in Burlington, Vermont … Continue reading →

This page will grow as I upload more images. I have been involved with drawing for 40 years, while my paintings, constructions and folded-paper pieces concern the underlying, unifying and universal forms that Western man has been discovering and rediscovering for millennia. … Continue reading →

  The Eiffel Tower in Paris reminds us every day how Western man for millennia has pursued transcendent beauty and structural challenge. It is amazing that the Tower is made of so many thousands of individual pieces of iron but that … Continue reading →

A classic Italian sports car shows us superb design. Bellisimo!     After World War II, Italian auto maker Enzo Ferrari started to manufacture his elite passenger cars in order to generate cash for his existing racing pursuits. Most people … Continue reading →

(Here is an art exhibit that I reviewed in 2011. Enjoy the observations.) Eye to Eye: European Portraits 1450-1850, The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. A survey of 31 portraits representing a variety of styles. These works are on loan … Continue reading →

In addition to being a conservative activist, I, Nikitas, am a painter and draughtsman; a novelist and short-story writer; and a designer of useful things. I currently have eight separate items that I have spent many years designing and that … Continue reading →

Above are two photographs. On the left is a picture that I took with my Instamatic camera in 1970, at age 16. It is a picture of the Parthenon, in Athens, Greece. On the right is a commercial postcard of … Continue reading →

(Below is a column I am submitting to the comments section for a YouTube video by a guy who has posted some clips about hopping freight trains, something that I did when I was in my 20s. Apparently a lot … Continue reading →