Fine Art

Still Life

Paintings & studio work by Nick Baxter

Works

Still life tea pot trompe l'oeil sharp focus realism oil painting by Nick Baxter in Austin Texas

Empty Vessel

Still Life

Oil on Panel

9 x 12 inches

2025

Available, please inquire

dark gothic baroque vanitas still life oil painting by Nick Baxter

What Dreams Wither

Still Life

Oil on Linen

12 x 16 inches

2025

Private Collection

A mango rests on a stone block beside a tipped green glass, kitchen knife, curling peel, and fruit stickers.

June

Still Life

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2022

Available, please inquire

A large beige skull dominates a layered still life with a black spray-painted skull drawing, yellow smiley face sticker, rose, leafy plants, bottles, and colorful linear marks.

Memento Mori (Yolo)

Still Life

Oil on Panel

9 x 12 inches

2022

Private Collection

A cobalt-blue bottle, wilted purple rose, green wave-like cord, white sand dollar, and shark tooth rest against a gray wooden backdrop.

Ocean Blues

Still Life

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2021

Available, please inquire

A large pink flower rises from a dark blood filled glass flask, coiled red tubing, needle, gear, cork, and torn diagram against pale drapery.

The Healer's Alchemy

Still Life

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2021

Private Collection

A brown owl perches beside a burning blue candle, red orchids, wine glass, bottle, open compass, scattered flowers, and draped cloth.

Untitled (I)

Still Life

Oil on Linen

20 x 30 inches

2021

Private Collection

A large skinned carcass tangled in blood collection tubes slumps across an ornate red and gold throne amid smoky rubble and a patterned oriental rug.

Civilization

Still Life

Oil on Panel

36 x 48 inches

2020

Available, please inquire

A dark brown vase rests on stacked concrete blocks amid pale panels, taut wires, and a partially visible glass jar.

Untitled (II)

Still Life

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2019

Available, please inquire

Dark still life of a persimmon, split pomegranate, mushrooms, curled leaves, scattered seeds, and a short chain on a wooden ledge.

November

Still Life

Oil on Linen

6 x 12 inches

2018

Private Collection

Oil painting of four amber glass bottles linked by looping red blood collection tubes, arranged with dried leaves on a silver tray against darkness.

The Four Humours

Still Life

Oil on Canvas

8 x 16 inches

2018

Available, please inquire

A realistic horizontal painting of cracked brown eggs, spilled yolk and white granular piles of sugar on wooden boxes against white tiles.

Trinity

Still Life

Oil on Linen

6 x 12 inches

2018

Private Collection

A dark still life shows a blood-filled plastic bag and looping tubes atop a rusted metal gas can, with dried flowers, shark tooth, and a machine gear.

Blood Of Aeons

Still Life

Oil on Linen

16 x 20 inches

2017

Available, please inquire

An ornate, tarnished metal overturned crown rests atop dark soil, entwined with red blood tubes and a blue-tipped needle and animal bones beneath a reddish moon.

Hubris

Still Life

Oil in Panel

11 x 14 inches

2017

Private Collection

A raw mutton chop with dried berries on a green platter, surrounded by folds of dark blue and reddish-brown cloth.

Memento Mori

Still Life

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2017

Private Collection

A faceted red gemstone bound with twine sits under a glass dome, framed by green leaves, a hanging gold ring, and wooden boards.

Secret Love

Still Life

Oil on Linen

6 x 10 inches

2017

Private Collection

A dark oil still life of a feather in a blood filled jar, metal vessel, red medical tubing, portrait medallion, coins, and stacked antique books.

Written By The Victor

Still Life

Oil on Linen

14 x 24 inches

2017

Available, please inquire

Still life of a butterfly beneath a magnifying glass, with a burning candle, jar of blood, mushroom, and closed book against blue.

Atemporal Transformation

Still Life

Oil on Linen

11 x 14 inches

2016

Available, please inquire

baroque dark classical realism still life painting of a banquet table with candles and bloodletting instruments by artist nick baxter in austin texas

Banquet Of Suffering

Still Life

Oil on Linen

18 x 24 inches

2016

Private Collection

A lit candle, stacked worn books, blue drapery, metal instruments, and clear tubing occupy a dark wooden alcove.

Before The Silver Cord Is Severed

Still Life

Oil on Linen

10 x 12 inches

2016

Private Collection

Dark oil painting of a cloth-stoppered molotov cocktail bottle containing red blood, beside matches, a cork, stacked books, burgundy drapery, and a moonlit window.

Burn Bright, Rare Youth

Still Life

Oil on Linen

9 x 12 inches

2016

Private Collection

A dark still-life painting shows a doll’s head beside a smoking candle, tipped glass jar spilling red blood, white flower, and animal skull.

Dark Knowledge Of God

Still Life

Oil on Linen

8 x 10 inches

2016

Private Collection

A translucent red mechanical panel with looping channels and dangling tubes lies on dark blue fabric, scattered with white flower petals.

Funerary

Still Life

Oil on Linen

11 x 14 inches

2016

Available, please inquire

Dark oil painting of a severed mannequin hand and forearm resting on a handwritten envelope, crossed diagonally by a long, rusty nail.

Letting Go II

Still Life

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2016

Available, please inquire

A clear ziploc bag half-filled with dark red liquid and coiled tubing rests against a reflective stainless-steel tray.

Quantum Of Sustenance

Still Life

Oil on Linen

12 x 16 inches

2016

Private Collection

Oil painting of a worn Roman-numeral clock face layered with dark red medical tubing, a fluid bag, metal fragments, and a spiral shell.

Self Portrait In Temporal Decay

Still Life

Oil on Linen

9 x 12 inches

2016

Private Collection

A dark still-life painting shows an ornate tarnished silver teapot, a drooping red rose in a glass jar, clear tubing, a syringe, and red-stained gauze.

Self-Emptying Love

Still Life

Oil on Linen

16 x 20 inches

2016

Private Collection

A dark still life depicts a suspended, blood-red translucent bag with tubing, scissors, and a stained white jar within a wooden frame.

To The Nadir

Still Life

Oil on Linen

11 x 14 inches

2016

Available, please inquire

A glass bottle containing a tooth rests atop a gray dental cast, with a trailing cord and red smear behind.

Wisdom Without Discernment

Still Life

Oil on Panel

5 x 6 inches

2016

Private Collection

A dark still-life painting shows a wilted red rose in a glass jar of crimson liquid, draped gauze, and clear tubing coiled across a tabletop.

You Know That I Love You

Still Life

Oil on Linen

12 x 16 inches

2016

Private Collection

Still-life painting of a dark metal cup, yellow-green figs, walnuts, and a wishbone arranged on draped white cloth.

July

Still Life

Oil on Linen

9 x 12 inches

2015

Private Collection

Dark still-life painting of a yellow-green pear, red pomegranate, small fig, and leafy berry branches arranged on a tabletop.

September

Still Life

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2015

Private Collection

Still life of wilted pink flowers in a brown bottle beside a large grey jug, striped cloth, fallen petal, and snail shell.

The Long Wait

Still Life

Oil on Linen

11 x 14 inches

2015

Private Collection

Vertical still life of cotton bolls, wheat stalks, wilted red roses, a draped American flag, and an upright brass bullet and cartridge against dark wooden shadowbox.

Dying In America

Still Life

Oil on Linen

5 x 11 inches

2014

Private Collection

Vertical painting of a worn Riggs National Bank matchbook and brass cartridge hanging from a green ribbon against a wooden barrel with bunghole.

Came Home To Roost

Still Life

Oil on Panel

3 x 8 inches

2005

Private Collection

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I take commissions regularly in all 4 of my primary painting genres. I've interpreted concepts for event posters and album covers, and have helped clients commemorate important people and pets with figurative and portrait work, pay homage to favorite places with landscapes, and celebrate important personal or family heirlooms with still lifes. Get in touch to start the discussion.

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