Oil Painting & Drawing

" I wandered lonely a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils..." ~William Wordsworth, 1807 TITLE: July Bouquet SIZE: 9" x 12" inches MEDIUM: oil on wood METHOD: freehand with brushes PORTFOLIO: Sampler Collection ARTIST: L. Nicholas Smith SKU#: SC-44 Giclee prints on archival cotton paper and greetings cards of this original oil painting are available in our online shop. #daffodils #yellowflowers #oil

NEW RELEASE: April Bouquet, 11" x 14" oil on wood, Sampler Collection by L. Nicholas Smith. This is a botanical inspired oil painting of a solitary bluebonnet wildflower with seedling foliage. The painting fits into a 12 volume sampler series of flower bouquets named for each month of the year. A tune to this series in every painting is also a hidden ladybug. The gift of solitary flowers is centuries a old courting ritual of Central Europeans. It is understood that men ar

He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. ~Matthew 28:6. From all of us here at Silver Oak Art, we wish you a Happy Easter! Tomorrow, 16" x 20" oil on canvas, Color Collection Portfolio Abstract Wabi Sabi styled palette knife oil painting by L. Nicholas Smith #silveroakart #wabisabi #oilpainting #abstractart #paletteknifepainting #easterblessing #bibleverse #lovefromTexas

This is Nick's alpha easel. It is a Jack Richeson Sienna Horizon Counterweight wood easel. He has several types of easels in his studio, Area J, but this is the main one. What are studio easels? Well, these types of easels can secure a large variety of canvas sizes and are sturdy enough to hold solid wood panels too. They tilt in multiple directions and have adjustable counterweights and wheels. Having a studio easel is a luxury which allows the artist to move the canvas t

Tomorrow is the last day the fantastic exhibit from Birmingham, England will be on public display at the San Antonio Museum of Art. I’ve already seen it several times but will be down at SAMA tomorrow for one last indulgence. Sunday’s hours at SAMA are 10am-5pm and there is free general admission from 10am-12pm! Traces of the Pre-Raphaelites inspiration can be found in almost all my paintings. Superb color saturations, actual fine art painting skills plus details details deta

Wabi Sabi in Japanese means the art of imperfection. Basically, back in the day of the great far east Asian Empires, artists were never really free to create. The rulers had particular styles they felt were proper and artist would apprentice for years to perfectly master let’s say painting the lotus flower on rice paper. There was little variation of style until the mid 1500’s when a gradual acceptance and appreciation of the organic deviation that art can take emerged. It

Brushes are down and palette knives are out. It's that time of year when my realism painting pauses and my wild Wabi Sabi art gets released. @PecanStreetFest will be the only public viewing of my Color Collection this year. Come on out and see this very limited series. We'll be in Booth #6 #silveroakart #pecanstreetfest #austintx #wabisabiart #colorpalette #oilpainting #footlooseandfancyfree #6thstreetaustin #veteranartists #paletteknifepainting

Area J Studio at Silver Oak Art, August 2019