Don Nice (1932–2019) was an American painter and printmaker whose distinctive approach to Pop art and New Realism combined meticulous observation with a lifelong concern for the natural environment. Born in Visalia, California, he studied at the University of Southern California and with Oskar Kokoschka in Salzburg before earning his M.F.A. from Yale University in 1963. Nice became known for monumental paintings of everyday objects, rendered with precision. After moving to New York's Hudson River Valley in 1969, he began focusing on wildlife, landscapes and environmental preservation, creating compositions that juxtaposed natural forms with consumer imagery. In 1970, Nice served as an artist-in-residence at the University of California, Davis, bringing his distinctive synthesis of realism, Pop art and environmental consciousness to the university's artistic community. His work was featured in Views Over America at the Museum of Modern Art in 1979 and is represented in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.