It's a Signature Thing.

A lot of people ask me why I sign my canvasses "Nicholas".

• According to my mom's old 1958 Webster dictionary, Colin is orig. dim. of Nicholas. Believe it.
• "Colin Williams" is pretty generic-sounding. I mean, I could be called "Jones" or "Smith" or something....
• "C. Williams" or "Colin W" looks dumb in paint.
• CMD Williams is equally dumb. And I don't want to be one of those guys who you never know their actual first names: AY Jackson, JEH MacDonald, AJ Casson, JMW Turner. Can you imaging? "Yo CMD, 'sup?" Uh huh.
• I am sure there are other Colin Williamses painting today, even in Victoria.
  
• It sounds kinda Dutch, and I'm half Dutch (Frisian actually.)
• I've been signing it that way for years.

So there.

C.