Texas artist Niki Gulley

“Life’s Journey” – 46″ x 44″ oil painting

November 23, 2011

46” x 44” oil on canvas

Follow the deep wood’s path and wander under a canopy of sheltering leaves, light shifts through each branch and twig. Long, late rays of sunlight pierce the dreaming autumn forest, as you enter shadows dapple your journey. You are walking down a loamy path, filled with color-drenched leaves that invite you into the purple shadows where you may seek your dreams. This oil painting of a tranquil wood’s trail inspires your journey and your dreams with lush colors and rich images of beauty ahead.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on my contemporary landscape paintings.

Or visit my website at NikiGulley.com.

Artists of Texas juried show at Dutch Art Gallery this weekend

November 4, 2011

12″ x 12″ textured oil painting on canvas

Painted with extremely thick oil paint and palette knife, my hope is that these sunflowers bursting with color and texture, will put a smile on your face and brighten up a little spot in your home.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured floral paintings.

To see this sunflower painting, visit the upcoming “Spirit of Texas” art show at

the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, TX, where it will be on display from Nov. 4th through Dec. 31st.

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New Textured Aspen Tree painting

November 2, 2011

40” x 30” textured oil on canvas

In this painting I wanted you to feel that child-like wonder of staring up in into the treetops and the heavens above. Choosing calming greens against a lavender-blue peaceful sky and arranging the two main aspens so that they meet in the middle, suggests a feeling of togetherness. While organizing the outlying trees in a circular pattern and using thick, curving, bold orange brushstrokes, creates a joyful, playful mood.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured landscape paintings.

To see this aspen tree painting, visit the upcoming “Spirit of Texas” art show at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, TX, running Nov. 4th through Dec. 31st, where it will be on display. dutchartusa.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=390

Poppy Painting at Dutch Art Gallery

October 31, 2011

Two 24” x 24” textured oil paintings on canvas to form a 24” x 48” diptych

I love it when we are driving leisurely through the countryside and we come across a gorgeous field of wildflowers. The sudden burst of color thrills your senses! Playing with color and texture, I feel like this poppy painting radiates with energy and captures the joy you feel on one of the first beautiful days of spring.

With this series, you can purchase either the left or the right painting to hang alone or display both side by side to form a panorama diptych.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured floral paintings.

To see this poppy painting, visit the upcoming “Spirit of Texas” art show at Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, TX, running Nov. 4th through Dec. 31st, where it will be on display. dutchartusa.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=390

“Autumn Splendor” textured aspen oil painting

September 16, 2011

36” x 48” textured oil on wrap around canvas

Shimmering colors of autumn: Aspen trees quiver, their light graceful leaves tremble and quake, silver and gold, silver and gold with each light breeze.

There is the quiet energy of change coming and vibrant color charges the woods. Crisp fall mountain air, clean bright skies overhead, a band of slender straight trucks cut bright strokes of white against a dazzling tumble of green, crimson and gold.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on my textured oil aspen and birch tree paintings.

“Choices Await” commissioned oil painting

August 12, 2011

SOLD • 18″ x 48″ textured oil painting

Just delivered – a recently completed commissioned painting of a larger version of one of my earlier works. My collector was drawn to the peaceful water theme and liked the idea behind the two piers. Which path should you take? The scene also reminded her of the lake that she goes canoeing on, and the joy and tranquility this special place brings her.

If you’d like a painting of a specific place or unique memory, contact me at Niki Gulley for more information.

New Waterfall Oil Painting

August 10, 2011

SOLD • 60″ x 36″ textured oil on canvas

A recently completed commissioned palette knife painting of this tucked away waterfall in Ireland, designed to hang on a a large chocolate-colored living room wall. I love how the flow of the composition turned out with the falls arching downward and the foreground ferns curving upward, how the thick paint strokes suggest the energy in the rushing water, and how the soothing palette is filled with hints of warm tones for unexpected color twists.

If you’d like a painting of a special place or unique memory, contact me at Niki Gulley for more information.

New Textured Poppy Painting

August 8, 2011

SOLD • 24″ x 12″ textured oil painting by Niki Gulley

Just finished – a 24″ x 12″ oil painting of poppies and coreopsis in full bloom lining this farmer’s filed on a beautiful sunny spring day, painted with palette knife and extremely thick oil paint.

If you’d like a painting of a special place or unique memory, contact me at Niki Gulley for more information.

“Long Shadows” New oil painting of White Rock Lake

June 17, 2011

12” x 24” oil on canvas

Sunset draws lengthening shadows across the grassy waters edge at Sunset Bay, White Rock. The lake shimmers in the evening glow as sky high above fills with deep blues and before you the soft, moody colors stretch out, long lines beckoning you into the complex diagonal composition. Rich texture models the leaves, branches and tree trunk rimmed in the sunset and shadow. Vivid masses of color form the foliage on the opposite bank, fall at its peak. The long cast shadows draw you into the tranquil landscape and the peaceful, dreamy sunset at White Rock Lake.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her contemporary landscape paintings.

“Turtle Creek Morning” – New oil painting

June 15, 2011

12” x 24” oil on wrap around canvas

Early on a fall morning the sun breaks softly, dreamlike, through leafy branches and casts early autumn’s golden palette across the creek. Silent water is ruffled by a gentle breeze. Arching over, bending into the quiet waters, a tree is mirrored encompassing, embracing –this painting captures the dreamy reflections and tranquil landscape of one of my favorite spots to paint near my home. It is painted in the traditional plein air oil manner, incorporating some heavy texture.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her contemporary landscape paintings.