Miniature Landscapes
This past month I unearthed a bunch of tiny frames from my studio storage for the purpose of painting little gifts for friends and family...
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Dec 26, 20151 min read
Soul
The inspiration for this painting came largely from oysters and their far more notorious contents: pearls. The pearl has been a symbol of...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Nov 27, 20151 min read
Notes & Advice 10
Written by N.C. Wyeth in a letter to his son Andrew: The great men forever radiate a sharp sense of that profound requirement of an...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Oct 27, 20154 min read
Pariah
My painting “Pariah” was an experiment in contrasts between the extremes of shocking subject matter and uplifting emotions, between...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 15, 20155 min read
On The Road 10: Peruvian Plein Air
Earlier this month I traveled to Peru, where I trekked to majestic Machu Picchu for the first time, documenting the epic Andes landscape...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 1, 20151 min read
Summer Plein Air Adventures
This summer marked my first serious foray into true outdoor (plein air) landscape painting, in an effort to deepen my knowledge on the...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Jul 6, 20151 min read
“Flesh To Canvas” Group Show
I’ll have my recent painting Singularity for sale in Last Rites Gallery’s annual Flesh To Canvas group show next weekend at the Empire...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Jun 28, 20151 min read
On The Road 9: Detroit
Detroit is a city where the environment itself takes center stage and needs no actors, a scene and setting so ghostly unnerving that one...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Apr 26, 20151 min read
Singularity
Here’s the recently completed work mentioned in my last blog post. Mankind’s increasingly intimate yet perilous relationship with...
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