Tuna in Water (SOLD)

I like to think with every painting I do that I am learning something new about either painting itself or the subject.

Oil on canvas panel 6"X8"

thank you for coming to my blog and checking out my paintings.

this painting is sold.

 

 

Three Kings (SOLD)

3 kingfishers

Oil on panel 10"X20"

This painting is sold.

 

Tuna

Tuna fish

Oil on panel 9"X12"

$160 free shipping

 

Conformists (SOLD)

Fun little thing.

Oil on panel 6"X6"

this painting is sold.

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Chickadees and Berries (SOLD)

These chickadees appeared out of nowhere. I love it when that happens.

Oil on panel 7"X 9-1/2"

This painting is sold.

At the Derby (Donated to Elizabethan Gardens)

This was great fun. I first did the sketch and then decided to take my horse right to Churchill Downs and win the Kentucky Derby! Life is good.

Oil on canvas 16"X16"

$350 plus $20 shipping

VooDoo Pelican (SOLD)

This pelican is painted on linen, I forget how nice a surface this stuff has.

I like the results of my brown pelican

Oil on linen 18"X24"

It isn't often that I paint something and sell it the same day.

This painting is sold.

 

 

Tuna and Flying Fish

 

 

This was kind of fun.

Oil on panel 12"X24"

$275 plus shipping

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Down to the Wire (SOLD)

I have been working on this for what seems like a long time.

I almost forgot how much fun I was really having.

Oil on canvas 8"X24"

this painting is sold.

Featuring Pomegranate and Old Bay (SOLD)

This was a still life I plopped down in front of me and painted.

Tabaco, butter knife, old bay, lemons and pomegranate.

Thanks for looking.

Oil on wood panel 12"X24"

This painting is sold

 

 

Loosely Pelican

oil on paper panel

*X*

this painting is sold.

Opportunity (SOLD)

Seagull and other thing

Oil on canvas 12"X16"

this painting is sold.

 

Dear Landlord (SOLD)

I rented a house this winter in Florida. I plan to paint and fish there for a month.

100% of the money for the sale of this painting will go towards funding that effort.

Sincerely,

Rick Nilson

Oil on Canvas 8"X24"

this painting is sold.

 

 

Looking at you Kid

 

 

 

Looking at you kid

goats

Media: oil on panel

Size: 14 in X 11 in

Gas and Ice (SOLD)

This derelict ship store sits on the edge of Wanchese Harbor

Oil on canvas 16"X16"

This painting is sold.

 

Sutton Street (SOLD)

At the other end of Sutton Street Beach Access sits The Wright Brothers Memorial. This hill was the site that the brothers first flew their little homemade airplane.

In my opinion it looks more like a big concrete jello mold.

Oil on panel 11"X14"

This painting is sold.

 

Chickadees (SOLD)

Oil on raised panel 3/4"X6"X8"

This painting is sold.

 

 

Lovee and Shirley

 
 

This thing is starting to drag on a bit. I may just admit this got the best of me and move on.

So far mostly Lovee.

These are my cats.

 I don't use a printer for reference photos. I have not used a printed photograph to paint from for months.

 I usually paint all over the canvas at the same time. I have never detailed one part of the scene and left the other parts unfinished.

 I had a 24"X24" piece of 1/2" MDF and a little can of black gesso. I used chalk to sketch out the figures. I usually do this with paint.

I also put Shirley's left eye and Lovee's eye at the points of the 1/3-2/3 grid points for a reference. So very methodical of me. So very not like me.

Oil on panel 24"X25"

Wallflower Calico

Oil on canvas 8"X24"

 

Dinner Bell

I take myself too seriously.

Oil on panel 9"X12"

$150 free shipping

 

Man Down (SOLD)

Oil on canvas panel 6"X8"

cupcakes.

thanks. I still paint every day. I just don't post stuff every day.

love you.

rick

This painting is sold.

Kitty Hawk Pier (SOLD)

This painting is better in person.

Oil on canvas 24"X36"

this painting is sold.

Self Portrait at 63

It has been like.... never since  I did a self portrait. This quickie was a learning experience.

it looks a bit like me.

Oil on canvas panel 6"X8"

 

Uphill

This is what happens when I don't have a subject or a plan  and only a blank canvas to hold my interest.

 I wasn't sure exactly what to do with it,

but liked it, in its childlike manner.

Oil on canvas 8"X24"

The Democrab (SOLD)

Attention Bredrin.

Riding a recent surge in popularity Rick Nilson presents

The Democrab

"Man may plan, but God has the last word."

Oil on canvas 12"X16"

This painting is sold.

 

 

Onion and Sea Salt (SOLD)

I am really enjoying these still life pieces.

I will post this as a painting later.

Oil on panel 8"X10"

thanks for looking

This painting is sold.

thank you all.

Sheepshead and Spices (SOLD)

I went to the fish market and bought a sheepshead. I asked the fishmonger if he had any with the head still on. I proudly told him I was going to paint it.

 He said, "oh."

That was on Weds. of last week.

 I had to finish this still life without the star of the show. After a while the inside of my nose started to hurt a little bit. I think it was worth the effort. I don't think I am going to be eating it. The dog won' touch it, and I haven't seen the cats all day.

Oil on canvas 16"X20"

this painting is sold.

 

Jump the Mullet (SOLD)

These are perhaps the most "not a pretty fish" and good for bait and painting.

 I  have eaten a mullet paste and wanted to like it. I do like this one a lot. Hope you like it also.

 Send me an email. Thank you.

Oil on canvas 8"X24"

this painting is sold.

 

Fish with Lime (SOLD)

These fish just appeared out of nowhere. I love it when that happens.

Oil on panel 6"X8"

This painting is sold.

 

Legal Limit (SOLD)

Someone asked to see the two side by side.

I enjoyed painting these speckled trout.

Oil on canvas 24"X36"
this painting is sold.
 

Seeking

I am a lot like this kid in the red shirt. seeking. I paint every day. yes. Every day I slog away at it. I make mistakes and start over and sometimes I am thankful for the opportunity to mix color. I don't post a lot of the works I do these days. If I had painted them last year I would have been satisfied with them, but now it is more and more difficult to be happy with this or that. All that said, I slog away it every day and I am grateful for it.

Oil on canvas 12"X16"

$300 plus $20 shipping

ricknilson@gmail.com

thank you for looking

 

Divided Aristocracy

This oceanfront home in Nag's Head is divided into 3 separate houses.

Or something like that.

Oil on canvas 12"X16"

buy this. send me an email.

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Reddy or Knot (SOLD)

I took a photo of a shorebird. I think it is a Red Knot.

Oil on panel 6"X8"

This painting is sold.

There be Whales

This oceanfront home has a blue whale on its façade.

Oil on canvas 16"X20"

$395 free shipping

 

Spice (SOLD)

I have been distracted by so many things.  I take some solace in the fact that these distractions are  temporary and that better days lay ahead. Keeping focused is the hardest part.

Oil on panel 6"X8"

This painting is sold.

Fin and Feather

Oil on panel 9"X12"

fish and foul.

thanks for looking.

Sparrows (SOLD)

 

If I don't know a subject I often do lots of quick little studies like this one. I am just sayin'.

 Perhaps the least favorite bird. If you asked 100 people what their favorite bird was, sparrow would never make the list.

The underdog syndrome.

Oil on canvas 8"X10"

thanks for looking

This painting is sold. Thank you Rick.

 

Feels Like Kitty Hawk Pier (SOLD)

I stayed  true to my original concept and painted this simply and childlike. Sometimes that's ok.

How about this?

My blog is about to roll over its 200,000th page view.  Check the figure (number) in the right hand column. 200 large thank you all.

I think that is a lot.

Oil on panel 9"X12"

thanks to the Kiss fan and his wife.

this painting is sold. 8/2/17

Sound Landing Road (SOLD)

This beautiful cypress tree sits at a turn along Sound Landing Road in Kitty Hawk. Behind the cypress is the highpoint of The Wright Memorial Bridge and Currituck County. I really like his painting and would love to sell it. Thank you very much.

Oil on Canvas 24"X36"

This painting is sold 

 

Kitty Pays in Blood

Kitty pays in blood, just not her own.

Shirley.

Oil on Soho Panel 12"X16"

$275 free shipping

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Roll Call (SOLD)

these silly birds make me smile.

Oil on canvas 8"X24"

Roll Call! Can I get a witness? 

Amen and this painting is sold.

Pea Island (SOLD)

This is Pea Island on Hatteras Island North Carolina.

that is Cindy with short hair on the right.

Oil on canvas 9"X12" 

this painting is sold.

The Long and Narrow Way (SOLD)

Here is the Nag's Head Fishing Pier in a long and narrow way.

Oil on canvas 8"X24"

this painting is sold.

St. John

 Damn it. I am in the wrong town again.

This is a view of the harbor in St. John's USVI. I went there a few years ago to witness my son's wedding. God bless him and his beautiful wife.

St. Thomas in the background.

Oil on linen 16"X20"

buy this.

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