Paintings | Thomas Michael Nieman Art | Pennsylvania based Painter

The value of art journaling is hard to quantify however my instincts tell me it is invaluable based upon the short time I've been doing...

Painting requires us to embrace thinking & problem solving. Landscape painting outside while immersed in nature intensifies this...

We are operating in abstraction as artists. This is a grood thing because it brings us protection and responsibility. Both are good...

“The highest point a man can obtain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic, and...

Every painting can be your teacher. Whether your own or someone else's. A masterpiece or a total disaster of a painting. No matter the...

Today we had a busy little Saturday, which included some among other things, chores around the house, a trip to the Department of Motor...

"Of all the great works that we can experience, nature is the most absolute and enduring. We can witness it change through the seasons....

Lately, I've been spending some time looking at the great Winslow Homer's paintings. Often times I'm reminded of the strong impression...

Great works abound. Some of them are extraordinary helpful in supporting and fortifying so we go back to them frequently. Some works may...

Canon is a term that we often associate with religious scripture. The same process can be used to help us develop as artists and in other...

Motivational gurus will tell us things like if you have your why, the how part is irrelevant. There's one big problem, perhaps among many...

Watercolor is an enigma rolled up in a mystery to me. Add some difficult, cold, winter weather and it's an even bigger challenge....

This morning we woke up to some cold temperatures and some snow. I drove my wife Janine into work, dropped her off, filled up the gas...

Recently walked through a great book called Charles Warren Eaton: An American Tonalist Rediscovered and more during a live session on my...

"O Divine Poesy, goddess, daughter of Zeus, sustain for me this song of the various-minded man who, after he had plundered the innermost...

Focus on what you can do. You want to wander out into the woods, explore and paint the best scenery you can find on this snowy, winter...

Charles Warren Eaton is considered by many to be one of Americas foremost Tonalist painters. Those who are not familiar with Tonalism or...

Most artists want to be thrifty. In reality, we need to be thrifty. Thriftiness is an art in and of itself. It can be very motivating...

"If we can tune into the idea of making things and sharing them without being attached to the outcome, the work is more likely to arrive...

"Discipline and freedom seem like opposites. In reality, they are partners. Discipline is not a lack of freedom, it is a harmonious...