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"

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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.