"Vertical Aspirations" New textured aspen oil painting by Niki Gulley

"Vertical Aspirations” ©2011 Niki Gulley

48” x 36” 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 vibrant, cheerful yellows contrasted against a crystal blue sky and arranging the aspens in a circular pattern heightened by thick, curving paint strokes, both add to that joyful, playful feeling of hope and discovery.

To see Vertical Aspirations and more of Niki Gulley’s textured aspen and birch oil paintings, visit her booth, #120, at the Wells Street Art Show this weekend in downtown Chicago.

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Or, e-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her contemporary landscape paintings.

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New Textured Aspen Painting by Niki Gulley

“Enjoying the View” ©2011 Niki Gulley

48" x 30" textured oil on canvas

Gentle hill and valley give way to a view triumphant; a view of steep, purple mountains crusted with snow, the soft morning light diffuses across the valley. A litany of lights and darks, greens and golds cross hatch the foothills below. White barked Aspens, straight and narrow guard the riot of color beneath them as a golden promontory rises up in the east. Tranquility and joy abound, a sense of peace and serenity flows from this one mystical moment captured forever.

To see my aspen paintings and more of my contemporary landscape oil paintings, stop by my booth at the Saint Charles Fine Art Show this weekend in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles. See dtown.org/events/fine_art_show.asp for details.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information.

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Rocky Mountain Aspens

"Rocky Mountain Aspens" ©2009 Niki Gulley
11" x 14" oil painting

I like pushing color to its limits, so in this Colorado painting I wanted to capture the dramatic glow from the sun setting and reflecting on the fall aspens in contrast to the deep blues of the distant Rockies.


For more information on Rocky Mountain Aspens, e-mail me at niki@nikigulley.com, or you can see this painting hanging at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas.

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