Just Sold – Textured Birch painting by Niki Gulley

“Traversing Splendor” ©2013 Niki Gulley
Just Sold • 48″ x 60″ textured oil painting on wrap around canvas

I wanted you to feel the joy and peacefulness of walking through the forest ablaze with color on a beautiful autumn day. With soft light illuminating the walkway and the distance sparkling in golden light, the only sounds to be heard are the crunching of fallen leaves underfoot and a slight breeze flickering the leaves overhead. What lies ahead? The mysterious glow from beyond beckons you forward.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured oil paintings of aspen and birch trees.

“Bursting Forth” Palette Knife Birch Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

“Bursting Forth” ©2013 Niki Gulley
SOLD • 36″ x 60″ textured oil painting
Recently Sold to Prime Lending in North Dallas, Bursting Forth was painted with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives so that this canvas is loaded with texture and bursting with color, flickering autumn leaves seem to almost dance in a gentle breeze. I wanted this scene to be filled with movement and energy, so I incorporated a lot of diagonal and curving shapes in the design to suggest that feeling. Combining short staccato strokes along with long sweeping passes with my palette knives, also increase that sense of motion. I hope you, too, can feel the excitement of walking through the woods on a beautiful fall day, letting your cares slip away and your spirit being invigorated.

If you’re in the Dallas this weekend and would like to see more of my contemporary landscape paintings and textured palette knife aspen / birch tree paintings, please stop by and see my work at Richardson’s Cottonwood Art Festival.
Cottonwood Art Festival
May 5 • 10am – 8pm
May 6 • 10am – 6pm
Richardson, TX • Cottonwood Park • on Beltline Rd. just east of Coit
***
Web – NikiGulley.com • E-mail – Niki Gulley

New Poppy and Wildflower Painting by Niki Gulley

“Meadow of Sunshine” ©2013 Niki Gulley
textured oil on wrap around 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.

If you’re in the Dallas this weekend and would like to see more of my contemporary landscape paintings, please stop by and see my work at Richardson’s Cottonwood Art Festival.
Cottonwood Art Festival
May 5 • 10am – 8pm
May 6 • 10am – 6pm
Richardson, TX • Cottonwood Park • on Beltline Rd. just east of Coit
***
Web – NikiGulley.com • E-mail – Niki Gulley

Palette Knife Bluebonnet Painting by Texas Artist Niki Gulley

“Texas Pride II” ©2013 Niki Gulley
20″ x 30″ textured oil painting on canvas

I painted these Texas bluebonnets and with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives to achieve depth and texture. The resulting image comes to life and is loaded with color and energy. In this wildflower series, I’ve painted the scene around the edges of the canvas on 1 and 1/2″ deep stretcher bars so that the painting can be hung without a frame for a contemporary look. Or, I also have a beautiful espresso floater frame where you can still see the painted edges of the canvas if you prefer framed artwork.

Texas Pride II is also available in canvas prints. please e-mail Niki@NikiGulley.com for pricing and ordering information.

To see more of my bluebonnet and Texas paintings, visit nikigulley.com/the-art/texas/texas. Or if you’re in the Dallas / Fort Worth area this weekend and would like to see more of my contemporary landscape paintings, please stop by my booth, #J-5, at Southlake’s Art in the Square. 
 Art in the Square
 Fri. Apr. 26 • 4pm – 9pm 
 Sat. Apr. 27 • 10am – 9pm 
 Sun. Apr. 28 • 11am – 5pm 
Southlake, TX • Southlake Town Square • 234 State St. 
***
Web – NikiGulley.com

“Autumn Carnival” birch tree oil painting by Niki Gulley – Just Sold

“Autumn Carnival” ©2013 Niki Gulley
SOLD • 36″ x 48″ textured oil painting on wrap around canvas

Just Sold at the Fredericksburg Good Art Company Gallery! Painted with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives so that this canvas is loaded with texture and bursting with color, flickering autumn leaves seem to almost dance in a gentle breeze. I wanted this scene to be filled with movement and energy, so I incorporated a lot of diagonal and curving shapes in the design to suggest that feeling. Contrasting short staccato strokes against blended passages with my palette knives, also increase that sense of motion. I hope you, too, can feel the excitement of walking through the woods on a beautiful fall day, letting your cares slip away and your spirit being invigorated.

To see more of my textured landscape oil paintings from my one woman show, “Nature’s Kaleidscope,” at the Good Art Company in Fredericksburg, TX, visit goodartcompany.com/gac/.

“Embrace” textured birch oil painting by Niki Gulley

“Embrace” ©2013 Niki Gulley
textured oil painting • 36″ x 36″
I wanted this birch painting to be very colorful and whimsical, like through the eyes of a child looking into the treetops with fascination. Painted with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives, the resulting painting is loaded with color, energy, movement and texture.

If you’d like to see more of Niki Gulley’s palette knife florals and contemporary landscape paintings, please stop by Art City Austin this weekend.

Art City Austin
Sat. April 13 • 10am – 6pm
Sun. April 14 • 11am – 6pm

Austin, TX • Cesar Chavez & Guadalupe St., booth #102
***
Web – NikiGulley.com • E-mail – Niki Gulley

“Embracing Possibilities” New Gerber Daisy painting by Niki Gulley

“Embracing Possibilities” ©2013 Niki Gulley
36″ x 48″ textured oil painting
I wanted to paint something bright, happy and graphic that would always cause you to smile when you looked at it, and these colorful Gerber Daisies were the perfect flower to do just that. Purposely choosing vivid warm colors for the flowers and the background, with complimentary lime and emerald greens for contrast, suggest the joyful, uplifting mood I wanted to convey. Working from the still life and arranging the flowers in a diagonal pattern, imply a playfulness and energy, while painting the Gerbers larger than life and against an uncluttered background add dramatic impact.

If you’d like to see more of Niki Gulley’s palette knife florals and contemporary landscape paintings, please stop by Art City Austin this weekend.

Art City Austin
Sat. April 13 • 10am – 6pm
Sun. April 14 • 11am – 6pm
Austin, TX • Downtown Austin
2nd Street Retail and Shopping District

New Aspen Tree Oil Painting by contemporary impressionist Niki Gulley

“Symphony of Colors” ©2013 Niki Gulley
SOLD • 48″ x 60″ textured oil painting

Just Sold! I wanted this painting to be about the power and energy in nature to invigorate your spirit, so I chose to use warm vivid colors and thick staccato strokes to add to that feeling. I placed the foliage in diagonal sweeping shapes to create a sense of movement, and so that you can feel the wind gently rustling the leaves and causing them to dance.

If you’d like to see more of Niki Gulley’s textured aspen tree paintings and contemporary landscapes, please stop by Art City Austin this weekend.

Art City Austin
Sat. April 13 • 10am – 6pm
Sun. April 14 • 11am – 6pm
Austin, TX • Downtown Austin
2nd Street Retail and Shopping District

New Tuscany Painting by Niki Gulley at the Good Art Company Gallery

“Marching Westward” ©2013 Niki Gulley
20″ x 30″ textured oil painting on wrap around canvas
Inspired by our travels to Italy, cypress trees rise out of the vast open landscape signaling that you have arrived in Tuscany! Filled with energetic sweeping strokes and uplifting color, “Marching Westward,” hints that dreams really can come true.

Several of Niki’s new contemporary impressionistic  landscapes will be on display for the month of April at the Good Art Company Gallery in Fredericksburg, TX, as part of her one woman show, “Nature’s Kaleidoscope.” For more information, please contact http://www.goodartcompany.com/gac/.
One Woman Show featuring artist Niki Gulley, “Nature’s Kaleidoscope”
The Good Art Company Gallery
April 5 – 30, 2013

Artist Reception: April 5th • 7-9 pm
218 West Main St.

Fredericksburg, TX

New Contemporary Floral Landscape Paintings by Niki Gulley on display at the Good Art Company

“Sunny Disposition” ©2013 Niki Gulley
textured oil painting on wrap around canvas
Festive, sun-filled blossoms dance in the gentle breeze, filling the field with sweet fragrance. This textured oil painting captures a carefree summer morning with sunflowers overflowing the foreground, filling up the field with joy under the sunny skies above.

Several of Niki’s new sunflower, lavender, bluebonnets and Texas wildflower paintings will be on display at the Good Art Company Gallery in Fredericksburg, TX, as part of her one woman show, “Nature’s Kaleidoscope.” For more information, please contact http://www.goodartcompany.com/gac/.
One Woman Show featuring artist Niki Gulley, “Nature’s Kaleidoscope”
The Good Art Company Gallery
April 5 – 30, 2013

Artist Reception: April 5th • 7-9 pm218 West Main St.

Fredericksburg, TX

If you’d like to join Niki for her upcoming workshop April 5th – 7th, Plein Air Painting in the Texas Hill Country, sponsored by The Good Art Company Gallery in Fredericksburg, TX please check out NikiGulley.com/artreks for more details.