Paintings | Thomas Michael Nieman Art | Pennsylvania based Painter

The beginning of a new year always seems to bring hope and opportunities for reflection and renewal. I hope your 2023 is the best year...

The Month of December brings many things and much excitement. Wading into this month is not really an option. Busy schedules, holidays,...

The holiday season is here. We are adjusting to daylight savings time, recovering from Halloween and the late nights watching The World...

Multi-color ballpoint pens!? Fall is my favorite season - Always has been and likely always will be. Life happens with all of its...

No matter what my painting practice evolves into, it seems I am always drawn to the same things. Sunsets, sunrises, cloudscapes, trees...

Some folks have recently asked about the Philadelphia Phillies Game on July 5th. Game time is 7:05pm at Citizens Bank Park. Come on out...

I am a parent of twins so I may be a little biased… Irrelevant facts like that aside, I have two valuable things for you today. First,...

Lately, my painting practice has evolved to focus on studio-based live painting demonstrations. Capturing the painting process on video...

One goal I had in mind coming into this year was to offer live painting demos more consistently. I landed on this goal as a consequence...

I should preface this by clarifying I am not a therapist of any type. I do not have any mental health certifications, licenses nor any...

Painting for clients, family and friends who ask for custom paintings is very rewarding but quite different than painting images based...

Well, they are all featured in my Study the Greats Series now, of course. Van gogh's "Olive Trees" is now amongst the latest great works...

Just recently I started including impressionist great, Claude Monet to the list of all time great painters I've incorporated into my...

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...