Nila Dutton
Art Portfolio
I am an artist who works primarily in the visual arts, as well as textile arts and sculpture. I love to work in creating the weird and wonderful, and anything where I can work with my hands a lot.
Personal Work
Costume and textile work
Plaster rabbit mask, Interior structure made of newspaper.
Craft foam gas mask
Cosplay of Sophie, from the movie Howl's Moving Castle. Entirely handmade replica of an outfit worn in the movie.
Knit scarf needle felted with an oni mask style mouth
Wool, felt, and cotton cloak
Removable top hat cover made of cotton and found materials
Painted, embroidered and appliquéd sweater
Cardboard and fabric mask
Visual art
The Creation of Ratam, digital painting masterstudy
Dress up doll version of myself with formal outfits
Watercolour painting of a whale with a city on it's back
Jellyfish linocut
Commissioned gouache painting
Flight I, dragon linocut
Flight II, wasp linocut
Flight III, copper plate etching
Flight IV, copper plate etching
Life drawing, graphite
Life drawing, graphite
Life drawing, white charcoal
Life drawing, graphite
Digital drawing with collage
Digital painting
Digital Painting
Parody of the creation of adam, digital painting and collage
digital painting and photocollage
Commissioned digital painting
Commissioned digital painting
3D, sculpture, and maquette work
Puppet of Audrey Two from Little Shop of Horrors
Miniature scene made of trash
Cyberpunk shop made entirely of trash
Wizard tower made of salvaged materials
Small column made of a used spool of thread
Professional Work
Set Painting, High Steel, Perchance Theatre,
July 1st-6th, 2023
Here is a 6ft by 10ft canvas that I painted for the set of High Steel, as well as doing various weathering and rust-effect painting on the set itself.
Theoretical Set Design, Suddenly Last Summer, NTSSeptember-November 2023
Maquette lighting exploration
Scene 2, scale lighting exploration
Scene 3, scale lighting exploration
Set Maquette
Photoshop photocollage
Scene 1, render
Scene 2, render
Scene 3, render
Sculpture, Footsteps of beings you'll never know, NTSOctober 2023
Front view
Right side view
Back view
Left side view
Theoretical Set Design, Masque of the Red Death, NTSSeptember 2024
Photocollage exploration
Photocollage exploration
Dance, maquette exploration
Red death, maquette exploration
Photoshop photocollage
Dance, photoshop render
Red death, photoshop render
Opening, set maquette
Dance, set maquette
Red death, set maquette
Theoretical Circus Costume Design, NTSOctober 2024
Mood boards and exploration
Aerial rope bodysuit, technical drawing
Hand-to-hand duo bodysuits, technical drawing
Aerial rope, digital painting
Hand-to-hand duo, digital painting
Theoretical costume design, Des fous en apothicaires étales, NTSNovember 2024
Costume design, photo collage
Costume design, photo collage
Costume design, photo collage
Costume design, photo collage
Props Design, Revolt. She said. Revolt again. , NTS
November 2024-Febuary 2025
Sculpted, casted and moulded silicone tongues
Handmade nightingale prop
Painted foxgloves
Individually made paper bluebells
Assisted painting the marble-effect floor
Performance art piece, Chronic Pain, NTS
3ft by 3ft by 1ft wooden box painted like raw meat
3ft by 3ft by 1ft wooden box painted like raw meat
Custom bodysuit, hand embroidered, mapping my chronic pain, front
Custom bodysuit, hand embroidered, mapping my chronic pain, back
Custom bodysuit, hand embroidered, mapping my chronic pain, left hand
Custom bodysuit, hand embroidered, mapping my chronic pain, right hand
Performance photo 1
Performance photo 2
Performance photo 3
Performance photo 4
Performance photo 5
Performance photo 6
Performance photo 7
Performance photo 8
Performance photo 9
To be continued-