Tag: contemporary plein air painting workshop

Painting in Tuscany with Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

April 8, 2025

    

 

“Flowering Destination” ©2025 Niki Gulley
10″ x 20″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel
 
When we pulled into this villa in Italy, I thought I’d walked into a fantasy land! Gorgeous Roman architecture surrounded by the most beautiful rose gardens in every direction. I could just imagine holding the most romantic wedding here, and how happy all of your guests would be. I hope you, too, can escape into these idyllic grounds and absorb the beauty of Tuscany.
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For details on more of my Tuscany or European paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

 

Or, check out my website at nikigulley.com to see more of my contemporary landscape palette knife paintings.

 
https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/
 
 
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If you’re interested in joining us in Tuscany or on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!


Tuscany Foodie Trek Trek 
September 20-27, 2025
Just 2 spots left!
https://www.arttreks.org/tuscany-foodie-2025/

or

September 2026
Just 4 spots left!
https://www.arttreks.org/tuscany-foodie-2026/

If you  have any questions or would like to register, please contact Scott at [email protected] or 214-289-8512.

Visit ArtTreks.org for more details on all of our trips.

 
Check out our review page on TripAdvisor and feel free to leave one of your own.

Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley Paints Water Lilies

January 31, 2025

   

“Tuscany Oasis” ©2025 Niki Gulley
10″ x 20″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel
 
Is this just about the most beautiful setting you could imagine? Castle – check. Cypress trees – check. Water lilies – check. Surrounded by beautiful roes all around – check. Set against a gorgeous blue sky on a warm, sunny day – check. I don’t think this one needs any explanation as to why I had to paint it! All I have to say is I hope you, too, are transported to this magical wonderland.
 
 
To purchase “Tuscan Oasis” at the Good ARt Company Gallery, go to https://www.goodartcompany.com/product-page/abstract-impression-original-artwork-10×20-landscape-tuscan-oasis.
 
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For details on more of my Tuscany or sunflower paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

 

Or, check out my website at nikigulley.com to see more of my contemporary landscape palette knife paintings.

 
https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/
 
 
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If you’re interested in joining us in Tuscany or on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!
 

Greece Art Trek
May 17-24, 2025
Full

Visit https://www.arttreks.org/greece-2025/ for details.

Switzerland Art Trek 
July 26 – August 2, 2025
Full
More info. at https://www.arttreks.org/switzerland-2025/.

Tuscany Foodie Trek Trek 
New Date – September 20-27, 2025
Just 2 spots left!
https://www.arttreks.org/tuscany-foodie-2025/

If you  have any questions or would like to register, please contact Scott at [email protected] or 214-289-8512.

Visit ArtTreks.org for more details on all of our trips.

 
Check out our review page on TripAdvisor and feel free to leave one of your own.

“Coming Home” New Palette Knife Painting from Tuscany by Niki Gulley

January 23, 2025

    

“Coming Home” ©2024 Niki Gulley
20″ x 10″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel

Inspired by our travels to Italy, cypress trees rise out of the vast open landscape signaling that you have arrived in Tuscany! Perched on a hilltop with the best views of the surrounding valleys, this villa is set against the perfect backdrop for a romantic escape. The long curving driveway and undulating wheatfields draw your eye back through the rolling hills. Beautiful, billowing clouds drift overhead.  Early morning light casts dramatic shadows creating a rhythm beckoning you to journey up the drive, guiding you to your new getaway you can call home. 

To purchase this painting, visit the Good Art Company Gallery at https://www.goodartcompany.com/product-page/abstract-impression-original-art-20×10-landscape-coming-home.

To see more of my travel location paintings, visit nikigulley.com.
 
 
Or, E-mail Niki Gulley for more details.
 
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If you’d like to join us on one of upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!
 

Greece Art Trek
May 17-24, 2025
Full

Visit https://www.arttreks.org/greece-2025/ for details.

Switzerland Art Trek 
July 26 – August 2, 2025
Full
More info. at https://www.arttreks.org/switzerland-2025/.

Tuscany Foodie Trek Trek 
September 20-27, 2025
Just 2 spots left!
https://www.arttreks.org/tuscany-foodie-2025

 
For more information on upcoming Art Treks, visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.
 
 
 
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https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/

 

 

“Coming Home” New Palette Knife Painting from Tuscany by Niki Gulley

August 4, 2023

  

“Coming Home” ©2023 Niki Gulley
20″ x 10″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel

Inspired by our travels to Italy, cypress trees rise out of the vast open landscape signaling that you have arrived in Tuscany! Perched on a hilltop with the best views of the surrounding valleys, this villa is set against the perfect backdrop for a romantic escape. The long curving driveway and undulating wheatfields draw your eye back through the rolling hills. Beautiful, billowing clouds drift overhead.  Early morning light casts dramatic shadows creating a rhythm beckoning you to journey up the drive, guiding you to your new getaway you can call home. 

To see more of my travel location paintings, visit nikigulley.com.
 
 
Or, E-mail Niki Gulley for more details.
 
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For more information on Art / Foodie Treks, visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.

 
If you’re interested in joining us, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly! 
 
 
 
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https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/

 

 
 

Highly Textured Sunflower Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

April 19, 2023

 

“Climbing Sunshine” ©2023 Niki Gulley
20″ x 10″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel 
 
I can’t believe there are sunflowers blooming in every garden in Switzerland. You know I had to paint them! Here are some beauties outside of our B and B with the gorgeous mountains behind them.
 
If you’d like this uplifting painting to bring joy and color to your home, visit nikigulley.com/climbing-sunshine/.
 

For details on more of my Switzerland and travel paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

 

Or, check out my website at nikigulley.com to see more of my contemporary landscape palette knife paintings.

 
https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/
 

Uplifting Palette Knife Sunflower Painting by Niki Gulley

April 17, 2023

 

“Sunshine Serenade” ©2023 Niki Gulley
16″ x 20″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel 
 

Started on location in Tuscany, these bright, smiling faces just lifted my spirits and I had to paint them to share their cheer with you! Beyond these joyous sunflowers, the quintessential Tuscan farmhouse has the best view of the surrounding valleys. Misty clouds rise from the horizon as cooler nights meet warmer days and set the stage of the magical light and dreamy allure of Tuscany. The resulting painting is full of warmth, color and texture, and my hope is that when you gaze into it, this piece lifts your spirits and brightens up any spot in your home.

 
If interested in purchasing this piece, click here nikigulley.com/sunshine-serenade/.
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For details on more of my Tuscany or sunflower paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

 

Or, check out my website at nikigulley.com to see more of my contemporary landscape palette knife paintings.

 
https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/
 
 
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If you’re interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks to Portugal, Spain, Tuscany, or Iceland, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!
 
2024 Schedule
 
Portugal Art Trek
March 10 – 17
•
Spain Foodie Trek
 

March 18 – 24

•
Iceland Art Trek
August 5 – 13
•
Tuscany Foodie Trek
October 12 – 19

 

For more information on upcoming Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.

 

New Cheerful Sunflower Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

December 28, 2022

 

20″ x 10″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel ©2022 Niki Gulley
 
I can’t believe there are sunflowers blooming in every garden in Switzerland. You know I had to paint them! Here are some beauties outside our B and B with the gorgeous mountains behind them.
 

For details on more of my Switzerland and travel paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

 

Or, check out my website at nikigulley.com to see more of my contemporary landscape palette knife paintings.

 
https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/
 
 
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If you’re interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!
 
2023 Schedule
Venice – Carnivalé 
Art Trek – Feb. 12-18
•
Tuscany
Foodie Trek – May 27 – June 3
•
Provence
Art Trek – June 24- July 1
•
Switzerland
Summer 2025
 

 

For more information on upcoming Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.
 

 

Palette Knife Artist Niki Gulley Paints Switzerland

December 27, 2022

 

9″ x 12″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel ©2022 Niki Gulley
SOLD
 
Just Sold! We finally stopped hiking 20,000 steps today and I actually had time to paint! Here’s the view from our B and B in Switzerland. The scenery here was s gorgeous!!!
 

For details on more of my Switzerland and travel paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

 

Or, check out my website at nikigulley.com to see more of my contemporary landscape palette knife paintings.

 
https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/
 
 
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If you’re interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!
 
2023 Schedule
Venice – Carnivalé 
Art Trek – Feb. 12-18
•
Tuscany
Foodie Trek – May 27 – June 3
•
Provence
Art Trek – June 24- July 1
•
Switzerland
Summer 2025
 

 

For more information on upcoming Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.
 

 

Uplifting Palette Knife Sunflower Painting by Niki Gulley

November 30, 2022

 

16″ x 20″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel ©2022 Niki Gulley
 

Started on location in Tuscany, these bright, smiling faces just lifted my spirits and I had to paint them to share their cheer with you! Beyond these joyous sunflowers, the quintessential Tuscan farmhouse has the best view of the surrounding valleys. Misty clouds rise from the horizon as cooler nights meet warmer days and set the stage of the magical light and dreamy allure of Tuscany. The resulting painting is full of warmth, color and texture, and my hope is that when you gaze into it, this piece lifts your spirits and brightens up any spot in your home.

 

For details on more of my Tuscany or sunflower paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

 

Or, check out my website at nikigulley.com to see more of my contemporary landscape palette knife paintings.

 
https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/
 
 
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If you’re interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks to France, Tuscany, or Venice, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!
 
2023 Schedule
Venice – Carnivalé 
Art Trek – Feb. 12-18
•
Tuscany
Foodie Trek – May 27 – June 3
•
Provence
Art Trek – June 24- July 1
 

 

For more information on upcoming Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.
 

 

Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley Paints Water Lilies

November 29, 2022

 

10″ x 20″ textured acrylic painting on canvas panel ©2022 Niki Gulley
 
Is this just about the most beautiful setting you could imagine? Castle – check. Cypress trees – check. Water lilies – check. Surrounded by beautiful roes all around – check. Set against a gorgeous blue sky on a warm, sunny day – check. I don’t think this one needs any explanation as to why I had to paint it! All I have to say is I hope you, too, are transported to this magical wonderland.
 
 

For details on more of my Tuscany or sunflower paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

 

Or, check out my website at nikigulley.com to see more of my contemporary landscape palette knife paintings.

 
https://www.instagram.com/nikigulley/
 
 
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If you’re interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks to France, Tuscany, or Venice, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!
 
2023 Schedule
Venice – Carnivalé 
Art Trek – Feb. 12-18
•
Tuscany
Foodie Trek – May 27 – June 3
•
Provence
Art Trek – June 24- July 1
 

 

For more information on upcoming Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.