Tag: contemporary landscape painting

Birch trees II

May 12, 2010

Birch trees oil painting by Niki Gulley • 5″ x 7″
This birch tree study was painted with thick oil paint and palette knives.

Birch trees oil painting

May 10, 2010

Birch trees oil painting by Niki Gulley • 5″ x 7″
This birch tree study was painted with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives.

Climbing Trees at Cottonwood this weekend

April 30, 2010

“Climbing Trees II” ©2010 Niki Gulley
48″ x 36″ oil on canvas
In this painting, I wanted you to you to experience the wonderment of looking up into the treetops – just like you did when you were a kid. Choosing playful colors and thick chunky staccato strokes adds to that childlike whimsy and I hope you are transported back to a happy, carefree time and place.

Stop by my booth at the Cottonwood Art Festival in Richardson, Texas this weekend and see “Climbing Trees” along with several other new paintings I’ve created this winter. Visit cottonwoodartfestival.com for details.

E-mail me for more information at Niki@NikiGulley.com.

Bonita Springs National Art Festival this weekend

March 10, 2010

“Rejuvenation” ©2010 Niki Gulley
36″ x 60″ oil on canvas

I wanted this painting to be more about the power of water to uplift your spirits than to be a painting of just another pretty ocean sunset. I was hoping you could feel the ocean tides lapping on the shore and hear the rhythmic, soothing sounds of the waves cresting and falling. Whenever I visit the seashore I always feel rejuvenated, and I hope I’ve translated that onto the canvas for you to experience it, too.

I’ll be showing this painting and several others at the Bonita Springs National Art Festival in Florida this weekend. If you’re fortunate enough to be in the Naples / Bonita Springs area, come on by and say hi.

Bonita Springs National Art Festival
 Sat. March 13 & Sun. March 14
10am – 5pm
The Promenade in Bonita Springs, FL (at US 41 & South Bay Dr.)
artinusa.com/bonita/

Frisco Art Festival – Sat. & Sun. March 6th & 7th

March 5, 2010

“Meadow of Sunshine” ©2010 Niki Gulley
oil on canvas • 30″ x 40″

I wanted this painting to be real loose and fun, so that you could almost feel the breeze blowing across the wildflowers and making the rows of colors dance.

To see more of my paintings, visit the Frisco Art Festival this weekend, friscosquare.com/AITS.

Harvesting Sunshine oil painting

March 4, 2010


“Harvesting Sunshine” ©2010 Niki Gulley
30″ x 48″ oil on canvas

Here is one of the new large pieces I’ve been working on this winter. I wanted to paint something bright and happy that would always cause you to smile when you looked at it. In person the painting really leaps off the canvas both because of its bright colors and also the extremely thick oil paint I used. Working with the paint in more a sculptural-like manner, I was able to develop a sense of three-dimensionality and movement.

Please stop by the Frisco Art Festival this weekend to see and feel this piece in person. I’d love to see you there! Visit friscosquare.com/AITS for more details.