Ft. Myers Shrimpers

Moored at Fort Myers Shrimp Market are the Lexi Joe and the Lady Oti.

Oil on canvas 20"X20"

$400 plus shipping

thanks for looking. send me an email.

ricknilson@gmail.com

Choices (SOLD)

I painted this by request. Now I am living and dying with the choices I've made.

thank you for looking.

this painting is sold

Spagna

Spanish Mustangs

Oil on canvas 18"X24"

for sale

Bonus (SOLD)

Seagull and something extra.

Oil on canvas 11"X14"

this painting is sold.

Sight Applications (SOLD)

Oil on canvas 20"X20"

A day at the Beach

This painting is sold.

thanks guys!

Hot Stuff (SOLD)

I fell off a ladder and have been on crutches for a month now. It sucks. I have been able to paint, but its hard to get good photos. This one is ok. This painting is for sale and I would like to sell it.

Oil on canvas 20"X20"

thanks for looking.

This painting is sold.

Girl on a Moped

I was doin' real good too! 

This girl was weaving through traffic in the busy streets of Nassau.

Oil on canvas 11"X14"

for sale. rick nilson@gmail.com

How cold my chicadee (SOLD)

I tried to use as much cool color as I could conjure.

Oil on panel 9"X12"

this painting is sold.

Look Homeward Pelican (SOLD)

I remember reading Thomas Wolf's classic as a teenager and knowing there will be a lot of things that will go right over my head? It was what led me, later in life, to read to Tom Wolf (during the drug years).  

Oil on canvas 12"X16"

No. Really.

this painting is sold.

Horse Corova

Oil on canvas 12"X16"

$225 shipping included

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Azúcar

I make it a rule never to use others peoples photos. Dawn, (girl in picture)

is a  friend and painter (artist, not houses) who lives in Kitty Hawk. I saw this picture of her and her horse "Azúcar"( Spanish for Sugar). I loved the light in the photo and asked her if I could paint from it. Here are the results.

Oil on canvas 16"X20"

this painting is sold.

Gull in the shallows (SOLD)

Oil on canvas 12"X16"

seagull at the beach

this painting is sold.

Big Red Cardinal (SOLD)

A big red cardinal. Love these easy ones.

Oil on pane 9"X12"

this painting is sold.

Point of View (SOLD)

Oil on canvas 18"X24"

Oil on panel 9"X12"

Here is a commission I did. The one on the bottom was a study for the one on top.

Hope Sherri likes it. (she already told me she does)So the point is moot.

A house in duck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and the Currituck Sound and some of Currituck Mainland in the distance.

Thanks for looking

Sheepish

a fun quick study of a ewe and her lamb

Oil on canvas 11"X14"

Shorebirds

fun little birds

Oil on canvas 11"X14"

for sale.

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happy new year.

Walking Spanish Deuce

Walking Spanish Mustangs.

Oil on canvas 10"X 30"

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Corova Beach (SOLD)

Here is one right at the end of 2016.

Here is the end of my 8th full year of painting and blogging about it.

this is blog post #1610. 1610 times I have braved judgement and hit the "publish" button.

It does not get easier, but solace comes in seeing that yes, I am a better painter. 102 paintings this year. Keep up the good work, Rick.

Horses along the beach in Corova, NC

Oil on canvas30"X48"

this painting is sold.

Old Stallion

One of the herd of feral horses on the Northern Outer Bank.

Oil on canvas 11"X14"

$225 shipping included

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Along the Avalon (SOLD)

Here for the umpteenth time Avalon Pier painted the long and narrow way.

Oil on canvas 10"X30"

this painting is sold.