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Nikita Budkov

A pursuit of mystical and beautiful in Life
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Gleaming in Shadow, Grand Teton National Forest

Oil on Aluminum panel

16” x 20”

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Gaze Into the Twilight; Teton Range, Wyoming

11” x 14”

Oil on Aluminum panel

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Winter Journey; Teton Valley, Idaho

Oil on Aluminum panel

10” x 20”

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Western Ambience, Monument Valley

Oil on aluminum panel

11” x 14”

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Spell of the Wind, Monument Valley

Oil on aluminum panel

10” x 10”

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Path of Endless Horizons, Monument Valley

Oil on aluminum panel

10” x 12”

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Chant of Clouds, in Monument Valley

Oil on aluminum

11” x 14”

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In Waves of Golden Light

24” x 30”

Oil on aluminum panel

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High Noon, Quail Hunting Near Tehachapi

Oil on linen canvas

28” x 24”


My memories of quail hunting with experienced friends and a dog named Rocky. Actually, the dog was not there, but he is a legit trained hunting dog and I wished to show him. I asked my friends to take off their orange blaze jackets for this painting - that color is understandably too unnaturally bright for what I wanted to depict.

Overall, this painting is something new for me. One may call it a Modern Western and I tend to agree with that. What matters is, I've felt an enormous satisfaction painting the age-old subject and will return to it more in the future.


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Oncoming Storm

Oil on aluminum panel.

8” x 8”

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Winter's Journey, Snake River by Alpine, WY

A couple of weeks before spring's warmth began to stir, I started this painting. I was new to the area, having just finished three grueling weeks at the Fire Academy. That time feels distant now, and I find myself yearning for another winter, one that always seems to arrive too slowly.

Oil on aluminum panel

14” x 11”

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Horizons, Teton Valley Pass

Oil on aluminum panel

12” x 9”

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Fading; Lowman, Idaho

Oil on aluminum panel

12” x 12”

All sort of creatures come out after sunset in Boise National Forest.

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The Hill of Sorcery, Boise National Forest

Oil on aluminum panel

10" x 8"

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The Winter Kingdom; Bogus Basin, Idaho

Oil on aluminum panel

14” x 14”

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Atmosphere; Esther Simplot Park, Boise, Idaho

Oil on aluminum panel

10” x 12”

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Solitude; Lucky Peak, Idaho

Oil on aluminum panel

6” x 8”

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In The Light, LA RIver

Oil on panel

12” x 12”

The painting depicts an uncommon So Cal phenomenon - a summer morning lightning in a sky. Can you see it? That day it drizzled a little bit and artists were gifted a few fantastic lightning flashes to paint. I was working under a bridge with a group and do not know if anybody else have seen it, but I immediately layed it on my panel. Also, LA River itself is quite fascinating, too. I still can't wrap my head around a millenia-old innovation of concrete canals and particularly how the normal vegetation is growing on it.

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The Beacon, Vasquez Rocks

Oil on canvas panel

12” x 12”

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