Nathan Rutkowski
@nrutkowski1.bsky.social
Artist, analog and digital. He/Him.
Pinned
Transitoriness. Oil on Canvas 20 x 30 inches.
Creation - that is the great redemption from suffering, and life’s easement. But that the creator may exist, that itself requires suffering and much transformation.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Creation - that is the great redemption from suffering, and life’s easement. But that the creator may exist, that itself requires suffering and much transformation.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Some sketches some reworks some drawings
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Some sketches some reworks some drawings
Harry and Finley
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Harry and Finley
Here’s my friends Jen Tracy @jenthetracy.bsky.social
painting with Sarah Mello’s painting and my son Luke’s vase in my front porch.
painting with Sarah Mello’s painting and my son Luke’s vase in my front porch.
December 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Here’s my friends Jen Tracy @jenthetracy.bsky.social
painting with Sarah Mello’s painting and my son Luke’s vase in my front porch.
painting with Sarah Mello’s painting and my son Luke’s vase in my front porch.
Reposted by Nathan Rutkowski
rephotographing reproductions of photos gets so much attention, i forget that sherrie levine also made watercolors of photos of paintings, and i straight-up did not know she made pictures of soutines greg.org/archive/2025...
December 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
rephotographing reproductions of photos gets so much attention, i forget that sherrie levine also made watercolors of photos of paintings, and i straight-up did not know she made pictures of soutines greg.org/archive/2025...
It is absolutely a good idea to make art like your friends art. This is something that’s never happened before and can’t be repeated again…
December 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It is absolutely a good idea to make art like your friends art. This is something that’s never happened before and can’t be repeated again…
Embrace confusion and complicated chaos. That’s where the good stuff is.
December 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Embrace confusion and complicated chaos. That’s where the good stuff is.
Kelly-Composition in Yellow and Purple
Gouache on Paper 11 x 14 inches.
Gouache on Paper 11 x 14 inches.
December 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Kelly-Composition in Yellow and Purple
Gouache on Paper 11 x 14 inches.
Gouache on Paper 11 x 14 inches.
Holly getting warm, gouache and marker on paper.
December 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Holly getting warm, gouache and marker on paper.
Some Holiday Drawings
December 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Some Holiday Drawings
Model with Purple Red Orange Green. Gouache on Paper 11 x 14.
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Model with Purple Red Orange Green. Gouache on Paper 11 x 14.
A motif I’m reworking. Work in progress.
December 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A motif I’m reworking. Work in progress.
I was going to redo that ink drawing bigger, but wound up redoing some of these “unfinished” FF drawings on top of each other overlayed. Trying to keep moving
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I was going to redo that ink drawing bigger, but wound up redoing some of these “unfinished” FF drawings on top of each other overlayed. Trying to keep moving
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Another of the "exquisite corpse" series.
Beatrice 23" x 12"
oil, pastel, charcoal, paper, wood, Dibond, screws
private collection
#painting #drawing #mixedmedia #blueskyart #vintagefigurine
Beatrice 23" x 12"
oil, pastel, charcoal, paper, wood, Dibond, screws
private collection
#painting #drawing #mixedmedia #blueskyart #vintagefigurine
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Another of the "exquisite corpse" series.
Beatrice 23" x 12"
oil, pastel, charcoal, paper, wood, Dibond, screws
private collection
#painting #drawing #mixedmedia #blueskyart #vintagefigurine
Beatrice 23" x 12"
oil, pastel, charcoal, paper, wood, Dibond, screws
private collection
#painting #drawing #mixedmedia #blueskyart #vintagefigurine
Ouija Board. Ink on paper 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Ouija Board. Ink on paper 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
I like these two large paintings together
Left one:
Layla’s Sweet Sixteen
Acrylic and Oil Paint on plastic bags and cardboard. Size 37.5 x 37.5 inches.
Right one:
For Edvard Munch, painter of unrequited love and inner turmoil.
Acrylic on cardboard and plastic. Size 32 x 40 inches.
Left one:
Layla’s Sweet Sixteen
Acrylic and Oil Paint on plastic bags and cardboard. Size 37.5 x 37.5 inches.
Right one:
For Edvard Munch, painter of unrequited love and inner turmoil.
Acrylic on cardboard and plastic. Size 32 x 40 inches.
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I like these two large paintings together
Left one:
Layla’s Sweet Sixteen
Acrylic and Oil Paint on plastic bags and cardboard. Size 37.5 x 37.5 inches.
Right one:
For Edvard Munch, painter of unrequited love and inner turmoil.
Acrylic on cardboard and plastic. Size 32 x 40 inches.
Left one:
Layla’s Sweet Sixteen
Acrylic and Oil Paint on plastic bags and cardboard. Size 37.5 x 37.5 inches.
Right one:
For Edvard Munch, painter of unrequited love and inner turmoil.
Acrylic on cardboard and plastic. Size 32 x 40 inches.
Recent Figures. Thinking about Simplicity, Color Relationships, Cropping, and Rhythm.
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Recent Figures. Thinking about Simplicity, Color Relationships, Cropping, and Rhythm.
Reposted by Nathan Rutkowski
Hour pose of @rissapappas.com from last night’s Figure Friday on a Wednesday. #art
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hour pose of @rissapappas.com from last night’s Figure Friday on a Wednesday. #art
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Twenty minute Rissa in orange and brown #art #figurefriday
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Twenty minute Rissa in orange and brown #art #figurefriday
Rissa 12/17/2025 Gouache On Paper, 9 x 12 inches. Figure Friday on a Wednesday with @jenthetracy.bsky.social @rissapappas.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Rissa 12/17/2025 Gouache On Paper, 9 x 12 inches. Figure Friday on a Wednesday with @jenthetracy.bsky.social @rissapappas.com
Composition 5/16/2024 and Anniversary got into the Philadelphia Sketch Club Works on Paper show.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, January 11th, 1-3pm
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, January 11th, 1-3pm
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Composition 5/16/2024 and Anniversary got into the Philadelphia Sketch Club Works on Paper show.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, January 11th, 1-3pm
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, January 11th, 1-3pm
Started another large abstraction in acrylic maybe I will add oil paint to some parts? Will see. My friend wants me to leave the trash exposed so thinking about what to develop and what not to.
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Started another large abstraction in acrylic maybe I will add oil paint to some parts? Will see. My friend wants me to leave the trash exposed so thinking about what to develop and what not to.
A burst of a start
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A burst of a start
Kelly in Boxing Gloves
Marker and Gouache on Paper 9 x 12 inches.
Marker and Gouache on Paper 9 x 12 inches.
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Kelly in Boxing Gloves
Marker and Gouache on Paper 9 x 12 inches.
Marker and Gouache on Paper 9 x 12 inches.