Paintings | Thomas Michael Nieman Art | Pennsylvania based Painter

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 Nature. Their mission is focused on protecting and enhancing special places in the Pocono Mountains of Monroe County for all to enjoy. Please consider helping this group. This is an inexpensive way to acquire unique, handmade art AND help a local community. You can place a bid in the comments section of their event page on Facebook Click here to

This painting was done in studio largely from memory as part of my Year-End Creativity Challenge. Oh yes... Happy Tonalism Tuesday! Hope you enjoy this quick six minute video showing the whole process from start to finish in time lapse. The video also features original guitar instrumental piece called "Slow Learner" created by Tom Nieman Sr. (My Dad). That title is very appropriate as it took me nearly forty years to learn how to paint... Going forward whenever possible I in

We are collecting masks and monetary donations to purchase child-sized face masks in support of families undergoing treatment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Over 1,050 masks secured YTD. Thanks to all who have donated! Much more work to do...! If you are interested in supporting this cause, there are three ways you can help: #1 Making masks? You can donate some. All masks donated in-kind will be inspected, packaged and delivered to Children’s Hospital of Phil

Years passed by and I allowed resistance to win. I wanted to create art using oil paints. I wanted to learn and understand how to build paintings of the beautiful scenes I witnessed while driving, hiking, on runs or hanging out in my community. Yet I let all the excuses in my mind drown out my desire to do something I knew I would enjoy, that would be healthy for me and that I could eventually get pretty good at. During the onset of the COVID Pandemic I had a little accident,

There is something about painting subjects that are part of our everyday lives. Things we see nearly every day. Some are rather mundane and others lively and colorful. Subjects that are close to home allow for deep, well informed observation on a different level of understanding. Perhaps the thousands of times we drive by a scene, bend down to pet or feed our little pup or look up to the sky to breath in a sunset while sitting in the backyard connect us to a scene in ways wor

Hope you are well. As you might expect, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is well-equipped to deal with delivering world class treatment even during a pandemic. However, they are working to grow their #PPE stockpile to ensure that all patients and visitors have proper protection. It is projected to be a long-term need. In April I pledged to use 100% of all art sale proceeds through the end of 2020 to purchase face masks for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia through

Good news! We've been working on creating greeting cards with printed images of custom art for some time. The process is not easy but we've worked out many of the kinks. At this time we have four prototypes... will probably add a fifth sometime soon (maybe a happy birthday card...). Pricing: $5 per single card $17.50 per 4-pack (any combination) Cards and envelopes are all made of recycled paper and come packed in biodegradable clear plastic sheaths. For every 4-pack that is

Several weeks ago my wife Janine suggested I make some time to create a portrait of one of our favorite neighbor's dog as a gift. Like most of her suggestions this made sense so I started thinking about how I would approach the task of creating this piece. At the time I had a long list of requests for pieces tied to the #Artformasks campaign so the main challenge was to find the time to get started. I figured I could find a photo online. Both neighbors are talented photograph

Each artist has their own unique gifts they can bring to their practice. Perhaps, if nothing else, it is the unique perspective of each artist that can serve their work and serve their viewers best. I have always been drawn to the works done by impressionists. The works of artists like Monet, van Gogh, and Cézanne have always captured my attention and curiosity. These artists possessed the ability to convey a sense of feeling through their art which transcends that which is p

First I will tell you that this is all new to me. While I've created art since I was a small child I never really viewed it as something worthy of, or enriched by, developing a process. In fact, I adopted the belief somewhere along the way that a process could undermine or devalue the final product. I believed that in the realm of creative endeavors, spontaneity was the mark of the truly gifted artists. I believed that the only way to have fun and create was to wait for inspi