Justin's Herd(SOLD)

Justin kept back some of his best holstien hiefers and crossed them with black angus and hereford bulls. The mix is "black baldie" brood cows. Addition of the holstien gave them more milk for the calf and a bigger frame. Good mix for a brood cow, generally. Holstien aren't quite as thrifty as some of the european breeds. Small polled heads typical of angus breeds mean ease of birth. Cross this cow with a purebred red angus bull, add lots of mother's milk and all the corn you can eat.They grow all summer in the sun, and the following spring this baby is usda choice and ready for market.

Acrylic on Canvas 12"X24"

This painting is owned by Justin's son, Trent.

Justin's Pasture

Justin Nilson is another one of my 80+ aged uncles. He used to have a dairy farm. He had all the modern stuff, like plows and corn pickers. One year his plow caught the corner of a very large rock. Soon after that he sold his dairy cows and switched his operation to beef cattle. The plow hasn't put furrows in his pastures in 30 years.
 Acrylic on Canvas 12"X24"
this painting is no longer available.

Bedroom Windows

Another scene along North Carolina Highway 12 ( the Beachroad) This guy needs a new roof! There are 2 ways to do corners on cedar shakes, one is with corner boards, and the other is a "weaved corner" More craftsman look. Look for them. You can nap in this room after your swim.
Acrylic on canvas 24"X24" You can buy this painting directly from the artist for $250.00

Clinton's Cow (SOLD)

I couldn't call her 7211. This girl brings back a lot of memories. My uncle Clinton Nilson and his son Craig operate a dairy farm. Clinton is probably 80. He jokes that if life and death are just, then he will die with a teat in his hand. (pronounced "tit)" Dairy farmer humor. Acrylic on canvas. 24"X24" (SOLD)

Don't Look Back (SOLD)

There is a lesson here for all of us. Somehow these animal paintings are beginning to feel like just an induldgence. Who want's some ass hanging on their wall? . I may hang this in my May One Artist Show at The Dare County Arts Council Gallery in Manteo, NC. Unless somebody out there in cyberworlds wants an ass hanging on their wall. Acrylic on Canvas 36"X24".

This painting is entered into the Molly Fearing Art Competition (SOLD)

Mp8 revisited

Another sceen along the beach road. I added the pole. Who does that? linen on canvas. 9X12 The combo of linen, acrylic and small canvas's is like applying runny makeup to a mirror with your finger. Not that I would know about those things. $35.00

Black and White

More of those chicken's on vacation. 18"X24" Acrylic on Canvas. You can buy this original painting directly from the artist for $150.00

Welcome to Southern Shores

Consider this more of a very very large study of a Hollywood Juniper and power poles to the beachroad. "Welcome to Southern Shores". Lots of powerpoles and an ocean view. Painting is not like all pleasureable things, in that, it is difficult to know when you are finished. Acrylic on canvas 36"X24" $175.00

Just listen (private collection)

The first animals that I remember drawings were the horses. Who the hell wants to draw some silly chicken. I saw a painting of some old guy riding a mule on the internet yesterday. I bought a book once on drawing horses. I sort of wanted the mule and rider to be listening to some unheard far away noise. Do you hear it. Just Listen. There is a self portrait competition at Glen Eure's Ghost Fleet Gallery. I might enter myself and the cowboy. All edges are painted. Suitable for framing or hang it as is. Acrylic on canvas 24"X16". Not for sale

Ruts (SOLD)

We've all been in these. Soft shoulder means soft shoulder. Proceed immediately to the nearest beach access. Don't even attempt to pull over along North Carolina Highway 12 (The beachroad). I moved the utilitiy poles 40+ feet to the south just to get them in the frame. Its North Carolina Power's problem now. I didn't call uloco. I'm a wild man with these brushes. Acrylic on canvas 24"X16" 

This painting is sold.

The Buchanan House

This house always had an odd oriental look. Good architecture and bad architecture succumb to the sea. Small structure setbacks from the flsv= rate of erosion per year (X) years of your mortgage(30). Acrylic on Canvas 24"X16"

Design Gone Wild (SOLD)

I knew what I was going to call this before I started the painting. I did the entire painting with one brush. It didn't take me very long either. You can own this little bit of ocean view. Acrylic on Linen 12"X16" (SOLD)

Highway 12 Revisited #2 (SOLD)

Finally. Another painting. Similar to Highway 12 Revisited. This was another canvas that I first ruined with some left over red paint. Then a complete failure as a large landscape that looked similar to the gin soaked boy. Now this. Another one of them endless days. Swim paralell to the RIP CURRENT

I always try to "ruin" my new starts right off. It gets that part over with. I use the mud that is left over on my pallette. Now I'm not worried about the start. Or how good it is going to be. It's gotta get better. Right? There is some silly french term that has something to do with blonding the canvas. 18"X22" SOLD!

Rooster in Blue (SOLD)

                                                                this painting is sold.

STAY OFF THE DUNES (SOLD)

I didn't mean to turn this dune into a garden, but I guess it is. Which reminds me, STAY OFF THE DUNES!

acrylic on canvas 16"x24"
this painting is sold.

Brothers (SOLD)

What more do you want........Blood.

Acrylic on canvas 12"X24" (SOLD)

Gifts (SOLD)

What beach town would be complete without someplace to buy your aunt Edna a gift. She will be walking the dog everyday while you are smearing sunscreen in all those little places. God gives us all gifts. I think one of mine was this satori about brushes and canvas.
Acrylic on linen. 16"X12" (SOLD)

Mom's Rooster (SOLD)

This was Mom's favorite rooster. I think I got my love for feathered creatures from her. Or, it could have been that greasy pizza, but I think it was the wine. Acrylic on linen 16"X12" Go ahead, buy it.(SOLD)

Beyond the Horizon (SOLD)

All your dreams will come true. You can show off your new tattoo. The kids will be out of school. The perfect beachday awaits. Emerald waves are lapping on summer's sand. Just beyond the horizion. Vacation on the OuterBanks. Acrylic on canvas 16"X36" (SOLD)

Broken bicycles

Old broken bicycles out in the rain. I have wanted to paint this building but it seemed a bit too much going on out front. More than what I am showing now, but less than July 4th. Acrylic on Canvas 16"X20" $275.00+S&H

Milepost 10.X (SOLD)

Another sunny day on the beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina. Jack Kerouac called them "long flyless afternoons with Orange Crush". This house has a nice sculpture of a dolphin over the front entry. I made that mistake of asking Cindy what she though of my new work. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment or I mean critiques. "It needs something". I added the car. pure fantacy. Acrylic on canvas. 20"X16" (SOLD!)

Milepost 3(SOLD)

A bright sunny day on the OuterBanks. I decided that the telephone pole alone did not completely divide the painting in half so I added the trashcan. "Just beyond the cottage someone is running slow motion on the beach, golden retriever in tow." Another one of them endless days. Acrylic on Canvas 16"X 20" (SOLD)

Rooster sings the Blues (sold)

And the crowd went nuts when he lit a cigaratte and broke into an inpromptu "Romeo is bleeding"

Acrylic on canvas  16"X18"

this painting is no longer available.

Milepost 10.2(SOLD)

Another scene along the beachroad.

Acrylic on canvas 18"X16".
This painting is sold.

Rooster at the Circus

Having loads of fun with these colorful birds. Out front the ringmaster screams into his megaphone sounding strangely nasal "....Under the bigtop tonight you will see .....POULTRY ODDITIES!......You will see ..........." Acrylic on Canvas 16"X24" $245.00 +S&H

Family Life(Punk Chicks) (SOLD)

Detail: They terrorized the barnyard. They were just "PUNK CHICKS".

Photographed in full sun. Oil on Canvas 18"X22". SOLD!

Rooster in the dunes (SOLD)

Oil paint applied to canvas in the form of a rooster. 6"X6" Oil on canvas (SOLD)

Mix equal parts chicken & not chicken (SOLD)

Birds in you face. acrylic on canvas 8"X10" (donated)
this painting is no longer available

THAT BIRD CAN DANCE

"....relax honey, have another glass of wine and enjoy the floor show.... " I finished the rooster dancing early this morning while my valentine was sleeping. If you would like to see it stop by Cindy's office. I have paintings shown at The Outerbanks Hospital. BONUS!!

.... honey, its just another one of those damn dancing roosters. Acrylic on Canvas 8"X10" NOT FOR SALE!!

Little Red Beach Cottage(SOLD)

I forgot about this little painting. It has been sitting in Dare County Arts Council in Manteo, NC. patiently waiting for its new owner to discover it. . The front of the house on the right is shown below in "MP5.5" "No Access" and again on the Frank Stick Memorial Art Competition. I have forgotten the exact dimensions +/- 8"X12" acrylic on canvas. Do you see the puppy? Sold!

Rooster in the Palms doctored

Note the difference in color from rooster "doctored" in a photoshop software. $295.00+S&H

Boathouse

Acrylic on canvas 8"X10" Acrylic on Canvas

this painting is no longer available.

NCPP#387

I painted this, then put it in as a page element. Now a full blown post. Yeah. The puppy is in the garage. 2-1/2"X12" Oil on canvas $29.00+S&H

MILEPOST 9.7

I have seen several paintings of this house. Everybody likes it. There's the puppy. Right there. Behind charter communication power pedistal. Acrylic on canvas 16"X20" $295.00+S&H

"Sand patterns" SOLD

After the wind dies down sand patterns appear along North Carolina Highway 12. Oil on Canvas (SOLD)

CEDARS MILEPOST 8.4

Hiding in the outdoor shower is an adorable little golden retriever PUPPY! Acrylic on Canvas No longer available.

Blue Heron

This guy willingly poses for me in the early mornings. He makes a living in my back yard. 36"X12" acrylic on canvas $295.00+S&H

Dowdy Lane Boathouse (SOLD)

This boathouse is only a few blocks from my home,

. Acrylic on Canvas 18"X22" 

this painting is sold.

Burnin' down the House

The house with the dome burned down the other night. One of my neighbor's told me about it. Again with the capturing the past.

This is another painting I did last year, and just now posting. The shingles on the two houses were close enough in color and texture that I painted them as one mass. Another scene along North Carolina Highway 12, The Beach Road. Acrylic on Canvas. 18"X24".

Ocean Front Condo MP5.3 (SOLD)

This is another painting I completed in Sept. 2007. Another scene along North Carolina Highway 12, The Beachroad. I wait all winter for the return of these perky little acrobats. Acrylic on Canvas 18"X22" (SOLD)

The Grey House (SOLD)

I did this painting in Nov. 2007, and just now posting what was a page element. 18"X22" Acrylic on Canvas (SOLD)

Mp9.9(SOLD)

Previously was a page element. Scenes along North Carolina Highway 12, The Beach Road. 18"X24" Acrylic on canvas (SOLD)

tern tern tern (SOLD)

I like these little birds. 12"X16"

This painting is sold.

Tern

Did not have much time to paint today. 6"X6" (SOLD)

Mile Post 8.8

Back to shiney oils. This is adjacent to Gables. Some day's peanuts, some days shells. Laying in color requires a different approach when using oils v acrylic, and within a 6"X8" format the spaces fill up quickly. Some times a bit to quickly. NFS