Paintings | Thomas Michael Nieman Art | Pennsylvania based Painter

Just recently, I had a little mini celebration while drinking my coffee early in the morning before work. Painting, much like life...

Despite some reservations about being in crowds, the time constraints with a busy calendar and the fear of showing my paintings publicly...

Hope your summer is going great! Lot's going on here. Some shorter road trips. Helping the kids prepare for freshman year fall sports....

In-between things, I have been preparing for my first showing and my first plein air painting event. My first showing will likely amount...

I recently started working on painting studies based upon yet another great American painter from the turn of the century named Ralph...

"Necessity is the mother of invention" is a well-known proverb. It means, roughly, that the primary driving force for most new inventions...

Some days we don't get out early enough to capture golden hour light. Some days are just gray and nondescript. Yet there is always...

According to Wikipedia, En plein air (pronounced [ɑ̃ plɛ.n‿ɛʁ]; French for "outdoors"), or plein air painting, is the act of painting...

"Study the Greats" (STG) is a longer-term series that I am working on in between other stuff. The main objective is to learn as much as...

The process of painting this study of Charles Warren Eaton's Woods at Evening was recorded live during one of my Sunday Sessions this...

George Inness "Sunrise" Here is the latest study within my long-term series called "Study the Greats." Completed in oil paint on a 5" x...

Just a little while ago we created a public Facebook Group called Painting Videos. This group is intended to provide a curated stream of...

Art, more than anything else is about connection for me. I see art as a vehicle to help the artist and the viewer connect with each other...

A huge winter storm is raging outside right now here in North East Pennsylvania! This storm features blowing, drifting snow. So many...

One of the most influential American artists of the nineteenth century, Inness was influenced, in turn, by the Old Masters, the Hudson...

Happy Monday! I hope this email finds you well. Just in case you missed it, I posted two new painting videos from this past weekend. One...

Some will say the painting community needs to rediscover much of what has been lost since Below is a compilation of quotes and ideas from...

More specially... from still life... A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace...

My wish for you is for an incredibly joyous holiday season as a mere precursor to your best year yet in 2021. Just a few quick updates...

Thing Number 1: You can win this painting! I have donated this earlier painting based upon a scene in the Pocono Mountains to 1% for...