Tag: Texas artist Niki Gulley

Poppy Passion at Art Fair on the Square this weekend

July 7, 2010

“Poppy Passion” ©2010 Niki Gulley
Oil painting • 18” x 36”

I absolutely love it when I come across a whole field of wildflowers – there is something about the transformation of a single dainty flower into a dense explosion of color that inspires awe and delights your senses. So in Poppy Passion, I combined memories of places I’ve been with intense complimentary colors to convey that joy I feel when I come across a gorgeous field of poppies.

If you’d like to see Poppy Passion in person, visit my booth this weekend at Art in the Square in Madison, WI, mmoca.org.

Madison, WI – Art Fair on the Square this weekend

July 5, 2010

Poppy study by Niki Gulley
5″ x 7″

I created this second floral study to go with my sunflower painting from Monday. Using palette knives and extremely thick oil paint to achieve texture and dimension. I love the bright, happy colors! To see these floral studies in person, stop by my booth at Madison, Wisconsin’s Art Fair on the Square this weekend. For more details on the show, see mmoca.org.

Sunset Ocean study

May 27, 2010

Sunset Study
oil painting by Niki Gulley • 5″ x 7″
This sunset study was painted with thick oil paint and palette knives.

Sunset study oil painting

May 25, 2010

Sunset Study
oil painting by Niki Gulley • 5″ x 7″
This sunset study was painted with thick oil paint and palette knives.

Sunflower oil study

May 20, 2010

Sunflower Study
oil painting by Niki Gulley • 5″ x 7″
This sunflower study was painted with thick oil paint and palette knives.

Sunflower oil painting

May 18, 2010

Sunflower Study
oil painting by Niki Gulley • 5″ x 7″
This sunflower study was painted with thick oil paint and palette knives.

Rhapsody in Bloom Sunflower painting

May 7, 2010

Rhapsody in Bloom Sunflower ©2010 Niki Gulley
12″ x 12″ oil painting
I created this sunflower, which is part of my “Rhapsody in Bloom” series, with extremely thick oil paint and palette knife on 1 1/2″ gallery wrap canvas with the painting continuing around the edges.

Texas Bluebonnets Oil Painting

April 21, 2010

“Surrounded by Bluebonnets” ©2010 Niki Gulley
12″ x 24″ oil painting

Bluebonnets in Ennis, Texas on a beautiful clear day. I thought it was important to get both the red barn and the pond in this painting to set the scene, so in order to balance all of that weight on the right hand side of the picture, I chose a panorama format to include the trees and driveway on the left side of the property.

I’ll have this painting and several other Texas landscapes at Southlake’s Art in the Square this weekend. I hope you can stop by!
For more information, visit artinthesquare.com

San Antonio Fiesta Arts Fair – this weekend

April 13, 2010

“Hill Country Retreat” by Niki Gulley
24″ x 36″ pastel

This year the bluebonnets were amazing thanks to ideal conditions – just the right amount of rain, sun and temperatures – to produce a solid sea of blue. This patch must have stood out to passersby since there was actually a path carved out down to dirt through the bluebonnets from so many families having chosen it for their photo opportunities. I liked how the trail led you through the Texas wildflowers to the beautiful hill country retreat in the background. I chose this vantage point so that you could feel like you were standing right in the middle of the bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush.

To see this painting inn person, visit my booth at the Fiesta Arts Fair in San Antonio this weekend (swschool.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64) or e-mail me at Niki@NikiGulley.com for more information.