Fine Art

Surreal

Paintings & studio work by Nick Baxter

Works

Surreal oil painting of human heart and brain with beam of light by Austin Texas artist Nick Baxter

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Surreal

Oil on Panel

24 x 36 inches

2026

Private Collection

Surreal oil painting of a queen of the night flower, with planets, a woman's face, an Apollo astronaut on the moon, and a human skull with a camera film strip by Austin Texas artist Nick Baxter

Bloom In Darkness

Surreal

Oil on Panel

10 x 10 inches

2026

Available, please inquire

Surreal oil painting of human face with flowers by Austin Texas artist Nick Baxter

Only Love Is Real

Surreal

Oil on Panel

11 x 14 inches

2026

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Figurative realism surreal portrait with tunnel and water Oil painting by Nick Baxter in Austin Texas

Secrets In The Hall Of Eyes

Surreal

Oil on Panel

9 x 12 inches

2026

Available, please inquire

Figurative realism surrealist portrait Oil painting by Nick Baxter in Austin Texas

The Wire

Surreal · Figurative

Oil on Panel

11 x 14 inches

2024

Available, please inquire

Colorful surreal oil painting of astronaut by Nick Baxter in Austin Texas

As Above From Below

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches (Diptych)

2023

Private Collection

A layered painting combines fleshy red forms, mechanical components, blue cords, glowing landscape fragments, and dark textured blocks with fingers.

Cybernetic Karma Algorithm

Surreal

Oil on Linen

36 x 18 inches

2023

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dark oil painting of a ghost like woman's face with head dress of mechanical forms and red vein structures

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Surreal

Oil on Linen

35.5 x 17.5 inches

2023

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A giant white cartoon mickey mouse hand outlined in vivid colors descends amid rubble, red organic fleshy forms, a floral cup, striped marbles, and miniature evergreen trees.

Hand Of God III

Surreal

Oil on Panel

42 x 60 inches

2023

Private Collection

Surreal oil painting with female figure and beavis and butthead by Nick Baxter in Austin Texas

Irresolvable Delusion

Surreal

Oil on Panel

24 x 36 inches

2023

Available, please inquire

Abstract close-up of pink flesh-like folds crossed by dark, multicoloured cables, with glowing cream shapes and a mottled, speckled surface.

New Human Design

Surreal

Oil on Canvas Panel

8 x 9 inches

2023

Available, please inquire

Woodland ruins and a grassy clearing are layered with translucent figures, drifting smoke, fiery streaks, a small running figure, and a yellow starburst.

Inherit The Earth

Surreal

Oil on Panel

18 x 24 inches

2022

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Layered turquoise, green, and orange bands obscure fragmented faces, while looping medical tubes with blood arc across the wide abstract painting.

Lost In Time

Surreal

Oil On Panel

12 x 24 inches

2022

Available, please inquire

A layered red, teal, and green painting shows astronaut helmet crossed by red string, with white flowers and a dark sculpted face below.

Pale Blue Dot

Surreal

Oil on Panel

24 x 24 inches

2022

Available, please inquire

A dense collage-like painting layers a blurred American flag, dark cityscape at night, a flame, blue device, red plastic, forest silhouettes, and looping tubes.

Precarity

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2022

Private Collection

A rabbit figurine peers over translucent fabric before a red field, dark forest, silhouetted figure, and towering yellow-white flames.

Ceremony

Surreal

Oil on Linen

6 x 6 inches

2021

Private Collection

A pale, blond-haired face amid looping tubes, dark red drapery, forest foliage, mechanical panels, and a small cartoon cat holding a blue frying pan

Ego Simulation

Surreal

Oil on Panel

9 x 12 inches

2021

Private Collection

Surreal collage-like painting layers a cartoon cat and mouse, pale astronaut face, flame, wires, dark blotches, and neon-green price graph over swirling purples and blues.

Paradigm Collapse

Surreal

Oil on Panel

48 x 48 inches

2021

Available, please inquire

Layered painting in reds and browns combines upside down surgeon hands and body, crinkled plastic, a small photograph, a cartoon mouse, and a lakeside landscape.

Post-Truth Joy Codex

Surreal

Oil on Panel

48 x 48 inches

2021

Available, please inquire

Red rock cliffs beneath a vivid blue sky are overlaid with fractured shapes, a glowing vertical trail, and a thin green line.

Vortex

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2021

Available, please inquire

oil painting of chaotic chopped up images with a blonde woman human figure, plume of smoke and anatomy surgery and a peace symbol made from tubes, bullets, needle, firecracker and tape.

2020 BE HERE NOW

Surreal

Oil on Panel

11 x 14 inches

2020

Available, please inquire

A gray cartoon cat brandishes a mallet beneath a diagonal blue cord, a dark theatrical mask, and torn imagery on glossy red fleshy folds.

Tyranny Of Reason

Surreal

Oil on Linen

6 x 6 inches

2020

Private Collection

Hexagonal painting with a central faceted cube containing glossy red and blue fleshy tendon folds, surrounded by mottled teal, yellow, and burgundy blurry forest forms.

Exoterrestrial

Surreal

Oil on Canvas

11 inches hexagonal

2019

Available, please inquire

oil painting of a visceral glistening tumor like growth internal anatomy with fleshy surfaces and tendons postmodern grotesque by nick baxter in austin texas

Growth I

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 16 inches

2019

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Abstract close-up of glossy, folded fleshy tendon forms in muted flesh tones and deep red-brown, punctuated by bright white highlights.

Growth II

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2019

Private Collection

Close-up abstract painting of glossy reddish-brown organic flesh forms crossed by pale branching strands of tendon, with scattered white highlights and rough edges.

Growth III

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2019

Private Collection

A grayscale sculpted child doll head fills the painting amid black, rust, and teal brushwork, fragmented by horizontal digital-like streaks.

Some Are Broken Early

Surreal

Oil on Panel

11 x 14 inches

2019

Private Collection

A small ornate silver frame enclosing pale dried flowers sits centrally amid glossy, tendon and flesh forms and scattered white highlights.

Vernal Fugue

Surreal

Oil on Panel

18 x 24 inches

2019

Available, please inquire

A circular pink-brown painting surrounds a blurred central face with roses, thorny stems, three red drops, and torn photographic fragments.

Ghost Of Reverie

Surreal

Oil on Canvas

16 inches diameter

2018

Private Collection

Close-up painting of a dark skeletal face with closed eyes, exposed teeth, and pale blue-white streaks radiating across a black background.

God of Chaos, God of War, God of Destruction

Surreal

Oil on Linen

18 x 36 inches

2018

Available, please inquire

Close-up painting of a metal rod piercing hairy, marked skin above a dark open wound spilling a blurred red stream.

Love and Loss

Surreal

Oil on Linen

6 x 12 inches

2017

Private Collection

A dark human figure reaches upward amid swirling red, purple, blue, and white nebulae, stars, and a shadowed planet.

Volition

Surreal

Oil on Linen

24 x 24 inches

2017

Private Collection

hyperrealist photorealism oil painting of extreme close up of human fingers pressed against glass with blood drips and condensation by nick baxter in austin texas

Untitled (I)

Surreal

Oil on Linen

8 x 10 inches

2016

Private Collection

Close-up painting of translucent, crinkled plastic streaked with glossy red blood, silvery highlights, dark maroon shadows, and scattered droplets.

Untitled (II)

Surreal

Oil on Linen

8 x 10 inches

2016

Available, please inquire

A close-up oil painting shows silver scissors crossing spilled blood outside of a dark red blood filled ziploc bag.

Untitled (III)

Surreal

Oil on Linen

8 x 10 inches

2016

Private Collection

Close-up painting of a blue syringe needle piercing crinkled transparent plastic amid glossy dark red blood and scattered droplets.

Untitled (IV)

Surreal

Oil on Linen

8 x 10 inches

2016

Available, please inquire

Close-up painting of a pale tumor amid dark ribbed hoses, brown fabric, metal fittings, and trailing wires.

Soul

Surreal

Oil on Linen

11 x 14 inches

2015

Private Collection

An anatomical heart with a hollowed center containing dark soil and tiny green sprouts, isolated against white.

Fertile Ground

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2014

Private Collection

A dark oil painting depicts gloved hands holding translucent pink flesh fragmenting into pixels above a bloodied, retractor-held surgical opening.

Prayers

Surreal

Oil on Linen

14 x 18 inches

2014

Private Collection

Close-up oil painting of blood-smeared hands cradling a glossy, rounded red-purple tumor mass above a reflective metal basin.

The Offering

Surreal

Oil on Linen

11 x 14 inches

2014

Private Collection

A dark reddish anatomical heart contains three empty wooden shelves draped with fine cobwebs against a white background.

These Empty Dusty Shelves

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2014

Private Collection

An anatomical heart floats against white, its detailed pink upper half dissolving into horizontal, pixelated burgundy fragments below.

Your Heart Is A Glitch In The Matrix

Surreal

Oil on Panel

8 x 10 inches

2014

Private Collection

A bloodied forearm and curled hand holding up glistening organs, intestines, pearl-like beads, and a red gem amid dark green drapery.

Sacrament (Vanitas)

Surreal

Oil on Panel

16 x 20 inches

2013

Private Collection

Close-up painting of gloved hands manipulating exposed pink organs, with a dark evergreen forest and stormy sky rising behind the incision.

Transfiguration

Surreal

Oil on Panel

24 x 48 inches

2013

Private Collection

A close-up painting of a gloved surgeon's hand pressing into glossy red organs against black, with a bright lens flare.

Hand Of God

Surreal

Oil on Panel

24 x 24 inches

2012

Private Collection

Close-up painting of a gloved surgeon's hand against a fleshy background.

Almighty

Surreal

Oil on Panel

12 x 12 inches

2011

Available, please inquire

oil painting of surgeon hands with latex gloves holding syringe with ambiguous looking fleshy surgical scene and black background by nick baxter in austin texas

Anointing

Surreal

Oil on Panel

24 x 24 inches

2011

Private Collection

A close vertical view of gloved surgeon's hands beneath rippling dark water, with overlapping limbs and reddish marks across wet skin.

Baptized

Surreal

Oil on Panel

12 x 24 inches

2011

Private Collection

A cracked egg spills dark red blood across interlocking orange and blue puzzle pieces carved into skin, crossed vertically by twisted black audio tape strips.

Born From Pain

Surreal

Oil on Panel

12 x 12 inches

2010

Private Collection

A faceted red gemstone rests among dark, interlocking puzzle-like forms against a mottled red, blue, and cream background.

The Things We Carry

Surreal

Oil on Panel

12 x 12 inches

2010

Private Collection

A glossy, dark-outlined heart made of 2 opposing fish hooks filled with mottled crimson blood sits against a textured pink-and-blue skin background with the shape of a puzzle piece removed from the blood pool.

What Is Love?

Surreal

Oil on Panel

12 x 12 inches

2010

Private Collection

Close-up painting of an upraised hand wearing glossy black latex glove, with a puzzle-piece-shaped opening revealing skin against a mottled peach background.

Welcome Home

Surreal

Oil on Panel

12 x 24 inches

2009

Private Collection

Close-up painting of red-veined flesh and animal teeth scattered with cream-colored maggots.

Prey For Resolution

Surreal

Oil on Panel

4 x 8 inches

2008

Private Collection

A yellow-white flower pierced by a fish hook lies beneath cracked gray surfaces and translucent shards marked by a red smear.

The End Of Innocence

Surreal

Oil on Panel

3 x 6 inches

2003

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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