Niels Henriksen Artworks

My ability to capture the painting the way envision is sometimes a little hit or miss . There are people who enjoy them but sometimes the paintings are not conveying the feelings that I want. I am not always sure why ‘the miss’ but these paintings just don’t work. It not the technical drawing part [...]

May’s challenge for the virtual painter challenge blog was Czechoslovakia.  The is not a place that Google street view has an over-abundance of images but I did manage to find 5 views I liked. I finally settled on a canal scene just off the main river that runs through central Prague as buildings is not [...]

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 [...]

6″x8″ Oil on Canvas board This was painted as part of the monthly challenge on The Virtual Paintout were many artist paint images using Google Street View from a predetermined location. I find these smaller sizes a bit difficult to paint as you need to be real steady for the fine details. Niels Henriksen

16” x 20” Oil on Canvas One of my first larger painting that I completed. It was painted in my studio with the aid of a photograph. I is just south of Nykobing Mors in Denmark. This spit of land was being lit by sunlight streaming through the clouds and striking the marsh grasses which [...]