Crab Disorder (SOLD)

All of my counselors would agree.

 Obsessive Crab Disorder.

Oil on canvas 16"X20"

This painting is sold.

Nascrab

A blue crab moving fast

Oil on canvas 20"X16"

this painting is no longer available.

Crabzilla(SOLD)

This crab is sort of styling, if I may.

This is a abstract painting of a Coastal North Carolina blue crab by American Artist Rick Nilson.

Accept no substitute and copy no other.

I have a neighbor that runs a commercial crabbing buisness in his back yard. He has custom license plates that say,

"Crabzilla".

 I hardly know him anymore either.

Ahhh. Good Times.

I'm just tryin' to make some cents.

Oil on canvas 6"X8"
this painting is sold.

Pimp My Crab (SOLD)

She said "..why don't you pimp my crab?"
I said "......how much time do I got?"

She said ".....You got all the time in the world."

Oil on canvas 16"X12"

(Sold to a repeat collector in Va.)

Impervious Crab (SOLD)

Oil on canvas 20"X20"
(SOLD)

Business Like Posture(SOLD)

I painted a crab again today somewhat blue.

oil on canvas panel 6"X16" (SOLD)

The color of crab (SOLD)

Acrylic on canvas 11"X14" (SOLD)

Crab Fight! (Donated to a worthy cause)

This painting has been donated to a worthy organizatioin, The Dare Co. Hospice.

The bottom of a crab is one of the most complicated shapes I have painted to date. Lots and lots of moving parts.

Acrylic on canvas 12"X14"

Sedentary Crab (hesitation blues)(SOLD)

 I have spent the week without Cindy around. She is away on a conference in D.C. We have vacationed there before. Our vacations are usually loaded with sightseeing. It gets pretty lonesome around here without her. Even the dog suffers withdrawal. So here I sit solitaire and sedentary.

Acrylic on canvas 16"X24".This painting is sold.

Bourgeois Crab (SOLD)

About 5:00 PM I get the urge to post. Sort of a punctuation point that defines art for the working middle class! "See the bourgeois crab with stage fright, he got caught in the spotlight".

  Acrylic on canvas 18"X18".\

This painting is sold.

Missionary Crabs (on painting the marathon)

I am making up another crab scene. This seemed to be a very complicated painting. I painted on it long enough to call it "Marathon crabs". These crabs were tired of holding this position for 3 days. I heard a daily painter referring to painting daily as a marathon. He said you can't start a marathon and then quit after ten minutes and say I will finish it tomorrow. I painted this right side up and then upside down and then sideways. I struggled with this one. Acrylic on canvas 18"X18"
This painting is no longer available.

Burt Lancaster (SOLD)

There was this movie with Burt Lancaster. And he was kissing some girl on the beach, and just then a wave came in and washed over them. A golden moment in movie history. This is my interpretaion of that moment. Acrylic on Canvas 20"X20"

 this painting is sold

Two blue crab (on painting loose)(SOLD)

Anonymous said...
This picture does not due justice to the original. We catch blue crabs all summer and this is a great piece reflecting our lifestyle. Thank you!

Rick said "No, Thank you!"

(SOLD)
I have tried about 5 different paintings with this particular canvas. a fish. a fish. a crab. a crab. a crab. 2 crabs. I promised myself that I would keep this as loose as I could. The technician was squirming around in the chair and ginsoaked boy just laughed. So that being said, I just painted and then I didn't paint anymore, and then I waited until it dried. Then I took this picture of it. Then I uploaded into my artblog. Acrylic on canvas 24"x24". I donate a portion of the sale of every painting to The Dare County SPCA

Crab Approximately(SOLD)

(SOLD)

This is how I start my paintings. I did a pencil sketch on 8X11 last night. This morning I smeared a wash over the entire canvas. yellow ochre and red oxide in this case. I let it dry, this time. Sometimes I don't. I mixed my black to define the shapes of my crab in proportion to a square. I have found that I can play some with "correct proportions". In this case I want to make my crab look "beefier" (crab on steroids) I mixed white with the leftover background combo and with the black and established my masses. Then I started adding color. .....and then I posted this...... and then I made a sandwich......... I might make a few phone calls......... What is your number anyway? Acrylic on canvas 20"X20" Thanks for looking.