In The Studio 5: Reworking Plein Air Landscapes
Something I’ve never been a fan of doing is revisiting older paintings after some time has passed. The process of reconstructing or even...
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- Oct 25, 2016
- 1 min
BLOOD RITUALS MMXVI: Progress Montage
Here’s another video featuring work from my forthcoming series of new paintings “Blood Rituals,” debuting at Sacred Gallery in NYC...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Mar 3, 2016
- 2 min
Notes & Advice 11
The popular text message shorthand TMI, as most of us growing up in the cell phone era know, means “too much information.” Normally not a...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- May 20, 2013
- 1 min
Transfiguration: Process
Here are some studio and process shots from the few months’ timespan of painting my latest large work in the Apostasy series:
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Sep 24, 2012
- 1 min
Passion
In between paintings of my ongoing surgical theme (The Apostasy), I’ve been searching for little sparks of inspiration for my next series...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Jul 6, 2012
- 2 min
Realism Techniques 5
My Black Sauce In order to add richness, subtlety and depth to the darkest areas of my paitnings, I avoid the use of the color black...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- May 11, 2012
- 2 min
Realism Techniques 3
Working Smarter, Not Harder Here are two more quick paintings from my visit to Jeff Gogue’s studio last summer, which I’ve blogged about...
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nickbaxtertattoos
- Mar 23, 2012
- 2 min
Realism Techniques 2
After recently finishing my newest series of paintings for my show in May/June at Last Rites Gallery, I had a chance to revisit an...
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