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nickbaxtertattoos
May 24, 20142 min read
Notes & Advice 8
If you’re into oil painting or realism and somehow not already a fan of Jeremy Geddes, do yourself a favor and check him out. He is a...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Apr 16, 20141 min read
April Magazine Exposure
By sheer coincidence I have paintings featured in 2 magazines this month, both from my ongoing Apostasy series. The painting Hand Of God...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Mar 28, 20141 min read
Finding Your Heart Again
Recent artwork and graphic design for Bronx, NY band Daly’s Gone Wrong. The imagery and design concept was based on the title (and...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Feb 11, 20141 min read
Shenpa II
Here’s a process sequence for a tiny diptych painting I did a few months ago related to the recurring theme in my work of healing wounds....
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nickbaxtertattoos
Feb 2, 20142 min read
Painting Gallery Updates!
One of my smaller New Year’s resolutions was to update this website with all of the paintings I’ve done over the past two years. Well,...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Dec 26, 20131 min read
9th International 2012-2013 ARC Salon Catalog
I’m very honored to be featured for the second straight year in the Art Renewal Center’s annual juried catalog! This year’s book features...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Nov 14, 20132 min read
Notes & Advice 6
I came across this quote today by a plein air pastel artist, and found it to be a perfect description for the process of realism...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Sep 20, 20131 min read
“Rescue Me” Art Show Closing Reception
This month I was included in a charity art show in the Los Angeles area, curated by friend and fellow artist Cody Raiza, who is a...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Aug 15, 20131 min read
Creative Quarterly 30 + 31
I’m very excited to be featured in the current issue of art journal Creative Quarterly, which just went on sale recently. As of writing...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Aug 13, 20131 min read
IGOR at 1261
I just shipped out my painting “Dying In America” to Gallery 1261 in Denver, for the 11th annual International Guild of Realism juried...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Aug 1, 20132 min read
Invocation Of Trust
Here’s a recent piece I completed for submission to an upcoming charity art exhibit at The Egan Gallery in Fullerton, California, curated...
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nickbaxtertattoos
May 20, 20131 min read
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
May 5, 20131 min read
Transfiguration
Here’s my newest painting in The Apostasy series, in progress since early March and finally completed this week: The Transhumanist...
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nickbaxtertattoos
May 1, 20133 min read
Shenpa (Towards Healing)
My newest completed painting originated out of the photo shoots I conducted for my 2010 series Rebuilding. The image of extracted hook...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Apr 5, 20132 min read
Endgame IV
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began contaminating the Gulf of Mexico, and resisted containment for an agonizing and...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Mar 10, 20134 min read
Dissecting Art, Intersecting Anatomy
I’m a bit late with this post, but I’m still thrilled to be included in this currently running group show co-curated by Vanessa Ruiz of...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Feb 2, 20131 min read
New Vessels
Lately I’ve been brainstorming and refining a new artistic vision, taking the opportunity of any downtime between large surgery paintings...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Jan 9, 20131 min read
Grasping
I unearthed this old thumbnail sketch recently while searching for some reference photos in an impossibly overstuffed manila folder, a...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Dec 31, 20121 min read
Glorification
My latest installment in The Apostasy series, and the last for 2012, is now complete. Four times as big as the next smallest piece in...
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nickbaxtertattoos
Dec 16, 20121 min read
8th International 2011-2012 ARC Salon Catalogue Now Available
Earlier in the year I announced that I was chosen as a finalist in the Art Renewal Center’s annual juried competition, in the still life...
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