Untitled - acrylic on canvas

My paintings “Sunflowers” and “No Spiritual Surrender” against white walls during my friend @feenyfineart Makers Forum at SOHA @soha_artsbuilding. Jeff will have a show there at SOHA called “Arcanum Allure” October 1st-31st Reception October 25th 1-4 pm.

On this Day 9/21/2025

A new book about Ruth Asawa and her artist-mother community reminds us that taking care of children and making art — be it public art, community work, with children, or for children — are radical acts of parenting and anti-totalitarian making.

For Late Night Comedians and Free Speech

I’m a Picasso fan (sorry) and this example from the period is almost too good. Wonder why the major houses got snubbed…? www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

I don't think two drawings have covered more of the lived art world experience than this hilariously depressing Wm Powhida list of art comments, and the portrait Ellsworth Kelly drew of his former boyfriend Robert Indiana on the back of a Skowhegan gala menu greg.org/archive/2025...

My paintings “Sunflowers” and “No Spiritual Surrender” got the wood mounts cut and glued on. Thanks to @jimslic for his assistance. #nathanrutkowskiartist #process #studio #fabrication

Seriously…

Buzz 15" x 15" oil, acrylic, graphite, carbon pencil on paper private collection #painting #drawing #mixedmedia #worksonpaper #blueskyart #contemporaryart #woodpecker #beehive #quonsethut

Composition 9-8-2025 Blue Yellow Red.

“Margie’s Garden” got accepted into the Fall Juried Exhibition at Perkins Center For The Arts. Second photo is the same exhibition showing my Aunt, Dorothy McNamee painting “After The Storm “. Thanks to Phil Carroll juror, Sharon Kiefer for installing, and Thanks to @perkinscenter.bsky.social

Crepe Myrtle and Crab Claw hanging at my friends Kate Kern Mundie and James Mundie’s home. So grateful and thankful! @katekernmundie.bsky.social

New start. My buddy James Schlichting inspired me to do an abstraction, who knows if it will stay that way though. This has one of the Linocuts on plastic in there. Feels good to have a large project started, it’s been a couple months since the last one.

Can’t believe this was only 6 years ago..PES protest piece. I was an employee there for 6 years before they closed. Money and greed.

At my friend Jackie Neale's Cyanotype project at the 20/20 Foto Festival at Cherry St. Pier Philadelphia PA. Wide Awakes were a secret society in the 1800's trying to abolish slavery. The symbols they used were often an eye. This is a protest piece towards against the current administration.

My daughter has “Dance Moms” on and yes it’s exactly like the visual art world..

Margie’s Garden. Acrylic on cardboard mounted to wood. #nathanrutkowskiartist

Woman in the Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227958

Did a rehang of “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme” today. Kind of like it might change later. Five years ago I finished this plastic bag painting which was eventually in a show curated by Alex Bienstock. The space was called Lakaje in Brooklyn NY.

Rissa is a Figure Friday member and one of our regular models. Here are some depictions of Rissa by @jenthetracy.bsky.social #art

Crepe Myrtle and Crab Claw has sold to a dear friend of mine who is also a fantastic artist. Thrilled it will be part of her collection. Gives me the courage to go on. #nathanrutkowskiartist #artistssupportingartists #collectart

My mural at Calico Cat Cafe is complete. The Haddon Twp coffee shop build your own ramen bar that allows guests to adopt and hang out with foster cats will open early fall. #art

The Destructive Impulse is too often neglected in Art.-Piet Mondrian

Traced these two drawings, not sure what they’ll be.

If you don’t have at least one bad piece that you’ve shown or shared, then you bore me.

Linocut on three plastic bags

Tasteful Browns Gouache ink and marker on Paper 9 x12 inches. #automatism #worksonpaper #mixedmedia #nathanrutkowskiartist

Two Forms at Rest Gouache on Paper, 9 x 12 inches. #nathanrutkowskiartist

Painting at Collingswood Crafts and Fine Arts Festival this weekend! Very successful weekend, sold several works to new collectors and lots of love and support from family and friends. Thanks to Perkins Center For The Arts for the opportunity. @perkinscenter.bsky.social

Collingswood Crafts and Fine Arts Festival with Perkins Center For The Arts thanks to @jimslic @shakief and @alliealliehunt for the opportunity. Work will be up Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 5 pm on Irvin Ave. Come on by! @perkinscenter.bsky.social

Herons in a Nature Preserve

Summer Beach Sketches

Raccoon in Nature Preserve Gouache on Paper 14 x 11 inches. I feel like the violent color combinations and marks expresses the animals death in a way that just made sense. For me at least. #nathanrutkowskiartist

Wildlife Refuge 1-Gouache on paper. Pencil study in second photo.

Alert the media..a teenager reading a book. Who am I kidding…it’s a miracle if I read a book.

Poly plate lithograph in progress all the color lines should print black and it will be flipped.

Margie and Holly/ Margie in the Garden

Another print in progress

Tree Forms Was accepted in the Philadelphia Ti State Area Artists Equity Juried Exhibition OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, September 14, from 2:00–4:00 PM. 
 EXHIBITION DATES: 
Show runs through Saturday, October 11, at 2:00 PM. Hours here: communityartscenter.org/about/

Spin 18" x 14" oil, acrylic, alkyd, panel #painting #blueskyart #originalwork #contemporaryart #available #oil #floatinghead

“Flood Waters” Sold to a new collector! Artists..you need to make these things happen yourself..dealers and gallerists are nice and part of the puzzle, but you are your best salesperson…

Work Doodle 6 Linocut. Printed on cheap newsprint I might print on good paper later. Also included the original painting from November 2024.

Otto Piene Fire Paintings

“The Flea” Photo by James Aaronson

French artist Jean Dubuffet #JeanDubuffet #BOTD Known for his primal paintings, his adoption of the term Art Brut was a reaction to what he called art culturel. He would go on to form the Compagnie de l’Art Brut with André Breton. Les Alentours De Saint-souris, 1949 #ArtBrut

Reworking these different print jobs. I shaped the linocut outside perimeter. I think it’s coming together.

My buddy Alyse Bernstein is teaching me how to do Litho on Poly plates. 2nd image is Flipped with light shining through looks like this. So hopefully Print will look like this. First image is flipped for printing the Poly plate. Check out her work. www.inliquid.org/artist/berns...

Quonset 26" x 40" oil, acrylic, pastel on paper Collection of University of the Sciences (now St Joseph's University) #painting #drawing #worksonpaper #originalart #quonsethut #contemporaryart