contemporary floral

New Indian Paintbrush and Bluebonnet Painting by Niki Gulley

May 11, 2020

Daily Painting #11

5″ x 5″ textured acrylic painting

Anytime you need your spirits lifted, head out to a field of Bluebonnets. There is something magical about a massive carpet of wildflowers that puts a smile on people’s faces. When was the last time that you saw an unhappy person surrounded by such an amazing array of colors? I hope these beauties bring some joy inside your home!

If you’re interested in purchasing this painting and seeing a close up of its thick texture, just follow this link https://www.nikigulley.com/texas-blue-5/.

Texas Blue #1 picture above in 4″ black frame. If interested in framing options, please e-mail me.

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Contemporary Bluebonnet Painting by Texas Artist Niki Gulley

May 8, 2020

Daily Painting #10

5″ x 5″ textured acrylic painting

Anyone that has spent some in the Texas Hill Country in the spring knows all about the stunning fields of Bluebonnets. It is one of the things that draws me down there every year. It has gotten to be almost a pilgrimage where I get to go down and commune with nature.

If you’re interested in purchasing this painting and seeing a close up of its thick texture, just follow this link https://www.nikigulley.com/texas-blue-4/.

Texas Blue #1 picture above in 4″ black frame. If interested in framing options, please e-mail me.

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Palette Knife Iris Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

May 7, 2020

Daily Painting #9

5″ x 5″ textured acrylic painting

One of my goals when we planted our flower garden, was to give me an opportunity to be able to paint nature without leaving home. With everything that is going on this year, it proved to be the prefect solution for getting outside while still maintaining social distancing. I hope this Iris adds a little joy and color to your day!

If you’re interested in purchasing this painting and seeing a close up of its thick texture, just follow this link https://www.nikigulley.com/iris-on-parade-3/.

Iris on Parade #1 picture above in 4″ black frame. If interested in framing options, please e-mail me.

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Day 8 – Painting Colorful Purple Irises by Niki Gulley

May 6, 2020

Daily Painting #8

5″ x 5″ textured acrylic painting

My purple irises have such an amazing depth of color this spring. It seems even richer when it is contrasted against the lacy white edges of the bloom. With this blossom, I decided to focus on a birds-eye view above the Iris so that you could see its beauty from a new perspective.If you’re interested in purchasing this painting and seeing a close up of its thick texture, just follow this link https://www.nikigulley.com/iris-on-parade-2/ ?.

Iris on Parade #1 picture above in 4″ black frame. If interested in framing options, please e-mail me.

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New Sunflower Field palette knife oil painting by Niki Gulley

February 17, 2014

20″ x 30″ textured oil painting on wrap around canvas

Inspired by our travels to Provence, I painted these cheerful sunflowers with extremely thick oil paint and palette knife so that the resulting image leaps off the canvas and is loaded with energy, color and texture.

“Sun Filled Memories” and several of my contemporary impressionistic landscapes are also on display at the Good Art Company Gallery in Fredericksburg, TX. For more information, please contact http://www.goodartcompany.com/gac/.

Or, to see more of my palette knife contemporary landscape paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

For more information on my plein air paintings and workshops in Italy and France, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

SOLD! New Sunflower Palette Knife Painting by Niki Gulley

November 15, 2013

SOLD • 24″ x 12″ textured mixed media on wrap around canvas

Just Sold at the Good Art Company! Inspired by our travels to Provence, this sunflower field is loaded with texture, color and energy. I love how the sunflowers are full of so much joy and vibrant hues, that they seem to always lift your spirits.

If you’d like to join us in Provence next year for our Plein Air Painting / Photography Workshop and Art Trek, June 26th – July 4th, please let me know. We are down to only 2 spots left! For more details, visit nikigulley.com/artreks.

Several of my contemporary impressionistic landscapes are also on display at the Good Art Company Gallery in Fredericksburg, TX. For more information, please contact http://www.goodartcompany.com/gac/.

Or, to see more of my palette knife paintings, please visit nikigulley.com.

For more information on my plein air paintings and workshops in Italy and France, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

“Triple Passion” textured oil rose painting

February 1, 2012

textured oil painting

Can be hung horizontally 24″ x 48″ or vertically 48″ x 24″

I love the passion and energy in the color red, so I thought it would be fun to play with the still life I had set up of roses and make a painting where red was the dominant color. In person, seeing these roses at life size, I wanted the viewer to be swept up in the movement and emotion of this piece. Utilizing flowing spirals, weaving back and forth, playful thick and thin paint in bold, loose strokes, ruby petals emerging and disappearing, all meant to tease and excite your senses.

To see Triple Passion in person, please join Dallas artists, Niki Gulley and Elizabeth Padgett, for an exciting Two Woman Show. “Opposites Attract” will feature their paintings from two different perspectives – realism and abstraction.

Artist Reception is Sun. Feb. 5 from 2 to 4 pm at the Jaycee Center for the Arts,
1975 Puritan Dr. between Story Rd. and MacArthur in Irving, TX.

Exhibit runs Jan. 29 – Feb 23, 2012.

If you have any questions, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

To see more of Niki Gulley’s contemporary floral paintings, visit NikiGulley.com.

Plein Air Painting Workshop at the Dallas Arboretum

November 7, 2011

Purple Clematis, 8″ x 10″ oil painting by Niki Gulley

Morning Location: the Dallas Arboretum, Poetry Garden

On the first morning of the Plein Air Painting Workshop I taught at the Dallas Arboretum last weekend, we found one of the most quiet locations we could on such a busy, beautiful morning at the Arboretum. While a little chilly at the start of the day, it quickly warmed up to a beautiful 68 degrees. The gardens were in full fall bloom, and it was difficult to narrow down just a single subject to paint, but each painter picked out something that spoke to them – from a single flower, to a sun-lit path framed by trees, to the architecture in the private garden or a quiet bench framed by flowering pots.

So that my students wouldn’t miss out on the morning light, I started a quick demo that I had sketched out the previous day of these clematis. To save time, I had also laid out my palette colors, working with water-soluble oil paints, the night before and stored them in the freezer to keep them from drying out. Pre-mixing some of the purple values in the flowers, the greens of the leaves, and the stucco colors in the background so that I could just paint, and not have to stop and mix colors in the process, I quickly laid in a thin coat of the stucco wall and shadow colors so they could be drying.

Then, I established the darks in the flowers with brush and came on top with lighter colors and palette knife to give the flowers dimension. Normally I would work around the whole canvas, but with plein air painting, your time is so short between when your light changes, that at this stage, I went ahead and finish out the details in my focal point, the two main flowers. Lastly, if there is time left, I finish up the painting, in this case adding leaves, vines, and thick painter to the stucco wall to suggest the sun reflecting off its surface. At this point, it’s best to stop and not overwork the spontaneity of the sketch – you can always go back and tweak things back in the studio later.

Check out some of my students’ morning paintings. Even though we were set up within 20 feet of each other, I love how each painter sees things differently.

If you’d like more information about my upcoming workshops in the US and Europe, visit nikigulley.com/?page_id=13.

Or, to see more of my local Dallas and travel paintings, please stop by the Bath House Cultural Center, for my last show of the year, Nov. 18th – 20th. dallasculture.org/bathhouseculturecenter/index.asp

E-mail Niki@NikiGulley.com.

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“Tell Me Your Dreams” oil painting by Niki Gulley

October 24, 2011

SOLD • 11″ x 14″ oil painting

Just sold! I absolutely love poppies and seeing them growing in mass! In this painting I wanted to show them in a different way than we’re used to seeing poppies so I chose a low angle to show off the beauty of their simplified forms and the strength of such a delicate flower, while capturing the azure blue sky behind them.

If you’d like to learn how to paint nature, join us at the Dallas Arboretum and White Rock Lake this weekend for a 2-day painting and or photography workshop. Space if filling up quickly, so e-mail Niki@NikiGulley.com for more information and to register or visit nikigulley.com/?page_id=13.

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To see more of my contemporary landscape and poppy paintings, visit nikigulley.com/?page_id=33.

New Bluebonnet & Indian Paintbrush oil painting

December 8, 2010

New Bluebonnet and Indian Paintbrush Oil Painting

by Niki Gulley • 7″ x 5″

These Texas Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush are created with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives so that the final painting is loaded with texture and color.

If you’d like additional information on my bluebonnet paintings, e-mail me at Niki@NikiGulley.com.