Niels Henriksen Artworks

I initially had only planned to do a series of ten, but when I got to the 10th painting, I felt I still had a couple more in me. I am glad I did continue as I feel these are the best of the set. Once again I pre-coloured the background, this time a with [...]

The last 5 weeks stay in San Miguel de Allende has been quite enjoyable. There were adventures, as they are called after the fact, which slowed things down for a day or two. I only took my camera as I felt any painting equipment would be a bit too much for this short stay. And [...]

With the last set being painted on a red and blue background I thought for this set to use those same colours , well at least as a theme, and then paint with the appropriate tones of these. The blue version turned out to appear water-like and as a night scene. I realized that part [...]

It felt good, with the first 2 paintings, to be very loose and abstract and not really thinking about anything when paint is applied. Just letting the colours influence me. Since 2 paintings are done on the same sheet and with one influencing the other, each pair is like a set. For this 2nd version [...]

A Mini Painting Challenge Sometimes I need to free myself up a bit as I have a tendency to be too critical and forget how to play. Pure playing around is a sure fire method to get rid of some of those voices that sit on our shoulders, providing guidance and direction as to what [...]

There is something fun with taking on a challenge being it either with photography or painting. I find these challenges a great method to stimulate my own creativity. I guess it has to do, at least for me, with there being no expectations of achieving anything useful with the finished art work. Not that I [...]

That moment of discovery, seeing an image, whether perfectly rendered in its entirety in front of you or yet still a vision of things that will need coaxing from its parts is genuinely a magical moment and one I greatly enjoy. I thought I would illustrate how simple, but not always predicable, it can unfold. [...]