Painting Poppy Fields in Provence with Niki Gulley

  

"Crimson Fields" ©2023 Niki Gulley

20" x 10" textured acrylic painting on canvas by Niki Gulley

What my husband and I didn't expect to find in Provence this summer were miles of poppy fields! We thought we were there much later than when these beauties usually bloom, but it turns out a lot of rain in early spring delayed their growth (and unfortunately the sunflowers, too, which were no where ready to bloom). So instead of painting and photographing sunflowers like we thought, mother nature had other ideas. So, going with the flow, these bright, vibrant stretches of uplifting crimson blooms were tugging on my heartstrings and I just had to capture them. I loved every minute of it, and I hope you can feel that joy, too!

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured poppy, sunflower and lavender field paintings.

Please check out my website at NikiGulley.com, NikiGulley.com to see more of my European travel paintings.

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New Poppy Field Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

30" x 48" textured oil painting ©2013 Niki Gulley • SOLD

Just Finished - For this commissioned painting, my collector asked me to create a Tuscan landscape, loaded with vivid red poppies and yellow wildflowers on a bright sunny summer day. Created with thick oil paint and palette knives, this canvas is loaded with texture, movement and energy and the colors leap to life!

If you'd like more information on my contemporary landscape paintings, e-mail Niki Gulley.

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New Poppy Oil Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

Poppy Passion ©2013 Niki Gulley

18" x 36" • Textured painting on canvas

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 saturated colors to convey that joy I feel when I come across a gorgeous field of poppies.

If you'd like more information on my contemporary landscape paintings, e-mail Niki Gulley.

Or if you're in the Dallas / Fort Worth area this weekend, 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. 
ArtInTheSquare.com

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Textured Poppy oil painting by Niki Gulley

“What Dreams May Come” ©2011 Niki Gulley

SOLD • 36” x 48” oil on canvas

Just sold! I painted this field of poppies and wildflowers with extremely thick paint and palette knives to create extreme texture, and to make the colors and strokes come to life.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on my poppy and floral fields series.

See NikiGulley.com for more of my textured palette knife oil paintings.

Poppy Field oil painting by Niki Gulley

"What Dreams May Come" ©2011 Niki Gulley

36" x 48" oil on canvas

In this painting I wanted to create a dream-like feel using one of my favorite flowers, the poppy, so I chose to paint this landscape at dusk as the sun is starting to set over the distant hills to add to that mood. I love the wildflower masses in the foreground creating waves of color, and the curving shapes adding to the sense of tranquility. I was mesmerized watching the cinematography in the movie “What Dreams May Come” and my painting reminded me a little of those magical graphics, so I decided to title my piece the same.

To see more of my textured oil paintings, go to NikiGulley.com,

or please stop by my booth at the Dallas Arboretum's Artscape art show next weekend

(March 18-20), dallasarboretum.org/artscape/index.htm, where I will be exhibiting

"What Dreams May Come" along with several of my other new palette knife paintings.

E-mail me at Niki Gulley if you would like more information.

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Plein Air Painting & Photography Workshops - Tuscany with Niki Gulley

"Poppy Passion" ©2010 Niki Gulley

18" x 36" oil painting

Our upcoming workshop that we're teaching in Tuscany makes me think about the gorgeous poppy fields blooming along the rolling Italian hills in springtime. To think that such a delicate flower can produce that powerful explosion of color when planted in mass boggles my senses. Seeing that sudden burst of intense orange or red against the azure blue sky after miles of green countryside is quite amazing. I love how complimentary colors, like blue and orange, vibrate when placed next to each other and I wanted to communicate that beauty and excitement in "Poppy Passion," while reliving some of my favorite vacation memories from Tuscany – the warmth of the people, the beauty of the rolling hills and vineyards, the delicious, savory slow-grown food and wine and enjoying the laid-back, smell-the-roses time with my loved ones.

If you like to see "Poppy Passion" in person and you're in the Chicago area, stop by my booth #89 at the Oakbrook Fine Art Invitational this weekend. Visit oakbrookcenter.com for more information or check out my website NikiGulley.com.

If you'd like to find out more about our upcoming Painting & Photography Workshops in Europe, go to nikigulley.com/?page_id=13 or e-mail me at Niki@NikiGulley.com for more information.

Poppy oil painting by Niki Gulley

Poppy study III by Niki Gulley

5" x 7"

I created this floral study to pair with my other miniature poppy paintings. 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 the Westport Fine Arts Festival in Westport, CT this weekend. For more details on the show, see westportfineartsfestival.com.

Visit my website at NikiGulley.com

Or e-mail me at Niki@NikiGulley.com for more information.

Poppy oil painting by Niki Gulley

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!

Visit my website at NikiGulley.com

Or e-mail me for more information at Niki@NikiGulley.com.