Texas Bluebonnets oil painting at Cottonwood

7″ x 5″ oil painting by Niki Gulley

These Texas bluebonnets were created with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives. If you’re interested in seeing this painting or others like it, visit my booth at the Cottonwood Art Festival in Richardson, Texas this weekend. For more information, see cottonwoodartfestival.com.

Poppy oil painting at Art in the Square

Poppy study by Niki Gulley
5″ x 7″ oil painting
Created with extremely thick oil paint and palette knife.

I’ll have this poppy painting and several other highly textured miniature oil painting studies at great prices this weekend at Southlake’s Art in the Square. artinthesquare.com. I look forward to seeing you there!

Hibiscus

“Rhapsody in Bloom II” ©2010 Niki Gulley
12″ x 12″ oil on canvas
One of my new bright, cheerful florals created with extremely thick paint and palette knives.
E-mail me for more information at Niki@NikiGulley.com.

Sunflower Oil Painting

12″ x 12″ Sunflower Oil Painting by Niki GulleyFresh off the easel!

Textured Aspen Oil Sketch

7″ x 5″ oil painting by Niki Gulley
Another chunky sculpted oil painting with 1/4 inch thick paint.

E-mail me for more information about this painting or other similar chunky oil sketches at Niki@NikiGulley.com.

Chunky Birch Oil Painting

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Here is a new chunky oil sketch in which I’m playing around with colors and extremely thick oil paint.

E-mail me for more information at <a href=”mailto:nikigulley@sbcglobal.net”>Niki@NikiGulley.com.</a>
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New Aspen and Birch Paintings

<div style=”text-align: center; font-weight: bold;”><a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_INTzayKUBM8/Swa5EiRgtNI/AAAAAAAAAHI/QaXpEqccEok/s1600/red+trees+2.jpg”><img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 316px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_INTzayKUBM8/Swa5EiRgtNI/AAAAAAAAAHI/QaXpEqccEok/s320/red+trees+2.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406211890275726546″ border=”0″ /></a>12″ x 12″ oil painting by Niki Gulley
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In this piece I wanted you to be able to feel the breeze rustling through the aspen and maple leaves on a beautiful crisp autumn day. I’ve created a sense of texture in the aspen trunks, too, by working with extremely thick paint and a palette knife.

<div style=”text-align: center;”>For more information in this painting, e-mail me at <a href=”mailto:nikigulley@sbcglobal.net”>Niki@NikiGulley.com.</a>