Friday, April 29, 2011

Time Passages oil painting of White Rock Lake by Niki Gulley

“Time Passages” ©2011 Niki Gulley
12” x 24” textured oil on wrap around canvas

Near to sunset at White Rock Lake.
Sparkling sunlight peeks through the trees in the late afternoon.
Two paths present themselves to you:
one is broad – straight forward, comfortable, quick, drawing you into the lowly darks;
another path curves and winds, less known, slower, meandering, toward the autumn brightness. Such is life. Which path is yours? It is a delightful dilemma,
a problem you will solve by making this one of a kind original oil painting your own.

This intriguing art of White Rock Lake and many other paintings by Niki Gulley
are available for purchase.

To see "Time Passages" and more of Niki Gulley’s textured palette knife oil paintings in person, please stop by her booth at Cottonwood Art Festival next weekend.

Cottonwood Art Festival
Saturday May 7 from 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday May 8 from 9 am to 6 pm.
Richardson, TX, Cottonwood Park is at the corner of Coit and Beltline.
Visit CottonwoodArtFestival.com for details.

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



Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Monet's Passion oil painting by Niki Gulley

“Monet’s Passion” ©2011 Niki Gulley
12” x 24” textured oil on wrap around canvas

Early morning light washes over Monet’s lily pond in his beloved garden at Giverny, France.
Quiet, tranquil colors rim the pond, reflected in the glassy surface, waters casting back sky and foliage in a radiance of hues. Iris leaves front the water pond, lilies break its surface, willows brush the water’s edge – everything just as Monet would have seen, now in a fresh, contemporary new work of art.

This new textured interpretation of water lilies and many other contemporary oils by Niki Gulley will be on display at Cottonwood Art Festival May 7th and 8th in Richardson, TX. Please stop by to see them in person.

Cottonwood Art Festival
Saturday May 7 from 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday May 8 from 9 am to 6 pm.
Richardson, TX, Cottonwood Park is at the corner of Coit and Beltline.
Visit CottonwoodArtFestival.com for details.

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



Monday, April 25, 2011

English Garden oil painting by Niki Gulley


Springtime Reflections ©2011 Niki Gulley
18” x 48” traditional oil on wrap around canvas

Pink, white and purple plump rhododendrons line the paths at the lake’s margin. Heavy blooms drowse along the peaceful pond, its still waters broken only by a swan sailing past. Lush bushes, Arcadian landscape, a rock bridge and a classical Greek temple are serene and silent under the overcast sky. Sunlight starts to peek through the cloud-cast and sparkles across the pond. Painted in traditional oils on a panorama canvas using soft edges and dreamy colors, this is a painting of tranquility and a tribute to the classic English landscape.

To see "Springtime Reflections" and more of my contemporary impressionist oil paintings in person, stop by my booth at Cottonwood Art Festival May 7th and 8th in Richardson, TX. Visit CottonwoodArtFestival.com for details.

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

Or visit my website at NikiGulley.com.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Life's Journey oil on canvas by Niki Gulley

“Life’s Journey” ©2011 Niki Gulley
46” x 44” traditional oil on wrap around 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.

To see "Life’s Journey" and more of my oil paintings, stop by my booth at Cottonwood Art Festival, Saturday May 7 from 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday May 8 from 9 am to 6 pm in Richardson, TX. Cottonwood Park is at the corner of Coit and Beltline. Visit CottonwoodArtFestival.com for details.

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

Or visit my website at NikiGulley.com.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Sunny Side Up II oil painting by Niki Gulley


“Sunny Side Up II” ©2011 Niki Gulley
36” x 48” textured oil on wrap around canvas

Huge sunflowers fill the fields, bright, sunny and cheerful. Warm golden petals glow above purple shadows and shimmer before violet hills, just as the sun begins to set filling the sky with radiant red and gold. Bold strokes capture these sunflowers in thick impasto colors that vibrate across the canvas

This vibrant oil painting and many others will be at Cottonwood Art Festival. Come by and see it in person May 7 and 8! Visit CottonwoodArtFestival.com for details.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on bluebonnet paintings.

Monday, April 18, 2011

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.

Friday, April 15, 2011

New Textured Aspen Tree Painting by Niki Gulley

“Autumn Splendor” ©2011 Niki Gulley
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 trunks cut bright strokes of white against a dazzling tumble of green, crimson and gold.

You may see this painting and more of my textured oil paintings at my booth this weekend at Art in the Square, Booth #J5, in Southlake, TX. Visit artinthesquare.com/default.aspx for details.

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