The Stinton Ranch Dude, where are the cows? (SOLD)

I must admit to smiling more than once while painting this.

Just don't go there girlfriend.

If you go to the Stinton Ranch looking for cows, well dude, just forget about it. There's no cows in Nag's Head.

Oil on canvas 18"X24"

This painting is sold.

 

The Duck Stopper

My grandfather was a duck stopper.

Oil on panel 9"X12"

$275 plus 12 shipping

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The man wore a tie hunting!

 

Watch Your Step

Oil on canvas 16"X20"

ricknilson@gmail.com

I donated this painting to some cause.

 

 

A Nag's Head Scenario (SOLD)

This is a commission I am doing for a friend, and a work in progress at that. 

 Still too much red?

 You think?

 

Not such good news.

My mother died a few days ago. She was 94. Rosemary. For the last 10 months she has been in a care facility in South Dakota. I have been calling her every day for the past year. Needless to say I miss her and our converstions and everything seems so sad.

 I am going to South Dakota for a while. There is still 3 feet of snow there. What's that all about?

I have been faithful and do something artistic every day. Mostly, of late, my efforts  have not satisfied me enough to post them. 

I read somewhere that painting is one thing that gets harder to do the more you know about it. If that be true, then I may be really close to mastering oil painting!

 I am still busy working on my remodel/renovation project.

Thank you all.

Oil on  canvas 60"X42'

This painting is sold.

a Nag's Head Scenario

Children at Work

I have been back and forth with this and revised it more than I would care to admit.

I should do more of these.

Oil on canvas 12"X16"

$275 plus $12 shipping

Thanks for looking

Ibis in the Morning (SOLD)

I thought I was being so clever with this title.  I did a google search for "ibis in the morning"

and just like everything else, somebody has already done that. I am not detoured. If there is an original thought out there, it should be revealed to me, mui pronto.

Oil on panel 8"X10"

This painting is sold.

In the Mangroves

I have been working on this for days. I wiped away the green more than once.

Oil on canvas 16"X20"

If you would like to buy this painting send me an email.

thanks for looking

 

Balance (SOLD)

Builds strong bodies! Happy Birthday to me.

Oil on panel 11"X14"

this painting is sold.

It was this big crab (SOLD)

Behold a blue crab painting by Rick Nilson

Oil on panel 4 1/2" X 13 1/2" 

this painting is sold.

On Duty

 

Here is a lifeguard on duty along the Beach Road in my town.

Oil on panel 8"X10"

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Price: $150 USD plus $10 USD s/h

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Steel Away(SOLD)

Oil on canvas panel 6"X8"

hello kitty.

this painting is sold.

I must have had a good time. (SOLD)

This was a fun sketch of a corner of my "studio". It felt good to be at this.

Oil on canvas 24"X24"

this painting is sold.

Bait on Ole McGregor (SOLD)

Good news.

Another month.? It has been. I have had this work in some stage on my easel for that long.

I am back. Back to a new normal. My marathon construction project drags on. The scope of the work changed, but I back to having a "habitable" space to paint.

 

Thank you all for following my blog and liking my stuff.

Here I am adding a coat of protective finish to a few paintings in a corner of my mostly completed "studio".

Oil on canvas 24"X24"

this painting is sold.

Waste Deep (SOLD)

I find myself easily distracted and sweeping the floor a lot. I am waist deep in remodeling my "Studio". I make the "in parentheses" sign with my fingers every time I mention it. My "Studio". I am waiting on windows and sheet rock and I am painting in the middle of a construction zone. I have faith and believe that doing this construction project is the right thing, but I must admit, it is a distraction from painting.  To tell the truth, selling this painting would go quite a ways in convincing me!

Oil on linen 18"x24"

I met the people that bought this piece. and here is what Waste Deep means.

Thank you for buying this and now I am convinced.

this painting is sold.

 

Reddeemed (SOLD)

Its been a month? Wow. Good news everybody. I had a kidney removed and it was not cancerous. Happens about 3% of the time. I feel fine. My studio is coming along. Its going to be great. I am liking this painting. How better to describe my feelings? Reddemed. The name of the red boat.

 I dodged that bullet. Who knew?

I am blessed.

I fished in Florida last week, but the fishing was not good. Red Tide was blamed for a pretty bad fish kill along the beaches. My first experiece with Red Tide. Tough stuff.

Oil on canvas 24"X36"

Detail

This painting is sold.

Works in progress

 

Unremarkable as it may appear above is a birds eye view of my studio. All the wallboard has been removed and tomorrow I will tear out all of these sloped walls and replace with a standard wall section. I will gain about 200 square feet of floor space. Its gonna be great.

The painting above and in the birds eye of my office is

"Redeemed and For Sale"

Another work in progress.

Oil on canvas 24"X36"

 

 

 

Shirley at the Gate (SOLD)

My cat got sick. I realized I had better paint her once more anyway. She got better.

So has my painting of her. I splurged on some linen canvases. 

Oil on linen 16"X20"

This painting is sold.

thanks for looking.

Heart U (SOLD)

Cupcakes and the Telltale Heart

Oil on panel 10"X10"
I liked the reflections of the hearts in the foil.

This painting is sold.

Wet (SOLD)

Blue Heron flying bye.

Oil on canvas 24"X24"

This painting is sold.

Fly Away Flap Your Wings (SOLD)

Oil on canvas 24X24"

This painting is sold.

Thanks for looking

 

 

 

Speckled Trout

I decided to add more speckles please, and finally getting a grip on my googles revisions to my blog.

This painting is in the Jim Nilson collection.

I am still in the middle of figuring out how to load these images on my blog. Every time I do something different. I painted some speckled trout. Here they be.

Oil on canvas 24"X36"

Thank you, Jim. I will owe you forever and glad to know it hangs at the lake.

sincerely.

 

NeoCrabs (SOLD)

 Media: oil on panel

Size: 24 in X 7.5 in (61 cm X 19.1 cm)

This painting is sold.

Figuratively Skimboarding

 

About This Painting:

a skimboarder waiting for the right moment

Media: oil on panel

Size: 8 in X 10 in (20.3 cm X 25.4 cm)

Price: $150 USD

How to Purchase:

Buy this painting on PayPal

Price: $150 USD plus $12 USD s/h

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Rent (SOLD)

I am having some difficulty with my blog. I can not load images from my computer. It has to come from someplace else. ie, dailypainters.com website. I think it has something to do with my "google account", but I am not in the mood right now.
and besides, "this painting is sold"

Pelicanation (SOLD)

About This Painting:

a brown pelican in wanchese
This painting is sold.

 

Spices (SOLD)

About This Painting:

A still life of seafood condiments. good with fish, shellfish and chicken

this painting is sold.

Meanwhile back at the Stinton Ranch (SOLD)

 

This house, known as The Stinton Ranch sits in the Alblemarle Sound at the end of Soundside Road in Nag's Head, North Carolina. Pretty much the only house I know that does. For reason's unexplained this house is on the National Historic Registry. The home was demolished in Hurricane Irene. I was sad to hear of its demise. I was puzzled when they decided to rebuild it. I have painted this house before. Since they decided to rebuild it, I decided I should at least make an effort to paint it again. I do not know if the original owner's of the property are living there.
This painting was done from a photograph of the original structure, and thus more accurate than what is now constructed at the end of Soundside Road.
Good News Everybody. I have renal cancer. I believe it is very curable. I will have surgery soon. I probably won't write about this much more. I don't want me or my painting to be defined by this.
I am going to remodel my studio and add some more square footage. I am going to do my best to keep painting through all of this.
I will have a new photograph of myself done soon. I might put on a new shirt. Life is wonderful. I am excited about how this ordeal will reinspire passion for improving my skills as a painter. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Bon Ton Roulet!
About This Painting:

The Stinton Ranch sits in the Alblemarle Sound at the end of Soundside Road in Nag's Head, North Carolina. This house is on the National Historic Registry.

Media: oil on panel

Size: 24 in X 23 in (61 cm X 58.4 cm)

Well bust my buttons. This painting is sold.

Cancer Crab (SOLD)

Last week I went to see my doctor. After some tests he told me that I have cancer. I will go next week for more tests and probably an operation out of town. Needless to say I am a bit nervous about this, but I have lived a wonderful life so far. I hope to be painting again soon. I will probably be sporadic with my posts and paintings. I think the worst part of this is my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in June. She has one more chemotherapy treatment left.

Oil on canvas panel 6"X8"

$110 plus $12 shipping.

Thanks for looking

this painting is sold.

Shrimp (SOLD)

what is the mutiple of shrimp. shrimps. no.

This is my last painting of the year. I painted more hours this year than any other year. I also posted less paintings. I also rejected more, and I think I have learned a lot about painting. I hope to do more of it in 2013. I hope we all have an interesting year.

Oil on canvas 9"X12"

$175 shipping included

thank you to all who follow my blog.

This painting is sold.

 

Tree Study (SOLD)

Tree study

Oil on panel 6"X8"

at Enemy Swim.

thanks for another great year.

this painting is sold.

Entice with Spice (SOLD)

I was reading somewhere  that the age of the blog is giving way to facebook and twitter. I don't know for sure if that is true statement.  What is a true statement is that I was a more convincing liar before Facebook. Practicing the craft of deception and keeping up a perky facebook  status among "friends" requires maintaince to stay relevant. Honesty is the best policy, unless, of course, you are an exceptional liar.

This is a still life of seafood condiments.

Oil on panel 6"X8"

this painting is sold.

Gooses

One day I decided to paint these gooses.

Thank you to all my friends and patrons for liking my stuff and telling me in all these different ways. God bless you all. I have been.

Oil on canvas 11"X14"

$250 shipping included.

 

 

Waiting for the Madgi (SOLD)

 

This painting is a work in progress that is quickly turning into work. The more I do to it the more work it seems to need, just like me, sitting here...waiting for the madgi.

I have done more work on this and now it appears a bit flat. I will probably keep adding more color to it soon.

Oil on canvas 24"X36"

This painting is sold.

 

I Wanna Ramble

I enjoyed painting this moped. Hope you like it also.

Oil on panel 11"X14"

send me an email if you would like to buy this.

 

The New Dress (SOLD)

This is one of those paintings that I struggled with. I sketched it out and I liked it. I painted on it more and then I didn't like it. I set it aside and came back to it again. I worked on it more and eventually this is what it looked like. I like it.

Thanks for looking. I'm not kiddin'.

Oil on panel 11"X14"

This painting is sold.

Deficit Cupcakes (SOLD)

Surplus Cherry

Later I ate them all.

 Oil on canvas 11"X14"

This painting is sold.

 

 

Lazy Lucy (SOLD)

Lazy Lucy under sail. A work in progress. This might not look very good right now, but you should have seen it yesterday.

Oil on canvas 16"X20"

This painting is sold.

Blue Oyster Cult (SOLD)

This little still life was fun and I will never look at an oyster quite the same way again.

Hope you like it

Oil on panel 9"X12"

This painting is sold.

Snacks at the Anchor Bar

These people are enjoying a late day snack in the Anchor Bar on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

Oil on canvas 11"X14"

This painting is no longer available.

 

Rattan Chair (SOLD)

This rattan chair sits in a corner of the living room.

Oil on panel 7"X10"

this painting is sold.

(ma tite rooster este gone)SOLD

I painted this handsome rooster a while ago. I have since added a bit more color and posted it "new" in hopes of having him go to a new home.

Oil on canvas 24"X32"

thank you. this painting has a new home.

This painting is sold.

 

The Red Chair

something different for me. an interior sketch. I sort of like it. all crude and luce.

Oil on panel 8"X10

this painting is no longer available.

Laughing in Your Grin (SOLD)

Posturing of a blackheaded seagull laughing

Oil on panel 8"X10"

this painting is sold.