Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

 English Garden White Roses by Nancy Medina 24X30 Oil on Deep Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information Check out My New Video Here! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter! The U-Haul is all loaded with over 100 new paintings, with my yellow director's chairs and my new rolling table with my new hydrangea tablecloth, and my purse is full of sunscreen, bubblegum and chocolate. I can't imagine anything more I need to have a successful art show in the garden during Dallas Arboretum Artscape except for one super important ingredient - YOU! You are invited to join me for my only outdoor show of the year this weekend in Booth 43, April 26-27, with a member preview Friday evening from 6 to 8 pm. I've doubled the size of my tent for 2014, so you'll get to see twice as many flower paintings. You could even move some living room furnitu...

Dulce de Leche Sunflower by Nancy Medina 14X14 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information Check out My New Video Here! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter! Dulce de Leche Sunflower was my one hour demonstration yesterday evening for the Irving Arts Association. I had such a fun time visiting with artists from across North Texas in attendance, and gave away a limited edition hydrangea print as a prize. Today I'm finishing up preparation for my biggest art show of the year coming up this weekend, Dallas Arboretum Artscape. I hope to see you there! You Are Invited! Look for me in Booth 43 Dallas Arboretum Artscape April 26-27, 2014 9 am to 5 pm daily with a m ember preview 6-8 pm April 25   8525 Garland Road, Dallas, TX 75218 Click here for more information The studio model takes a bow and a dip! ...

Sunflowers and Japanese Iris by Nancy Medina 20X16 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Class Demonstration Check out My New Video Here! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter! Sunflowers and Japanese Iris was one of six demonstrations from my Texas Hill Country workshop last week. We painted iris, hydrangeas, sunflowers, and pink lilies, while bluebonnets bloomed outside our window. I love the slow pace of Fredericksburg, Texas, even though I'm teaching all day I still have time to stop and take a deep breath and enjoy the quiet pace of a small town when I'm there. At night you can see the stars, during the day you can always find parking, the bluebonnets are in bloom, and every morning we had the best fresh fruit and cheese kolaches - what more could one wish for in a destination workshop? I've shared pictures from ...

 Blue Iris Lily Garden by Nancy Medina 15X30 Oil on Deep Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information Check out My New Video Here! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter! My iris garden produced yellow, white, purple and pale blue flowers this morning. This sudden proliferation of profuse color has me just a bit worried that it will be a short bloom season. Rather than see this as the glass half empty garden, I'm going to believe this will be the best iris season ever in the gardens of Flower Mound Studio! Blue Iris Lily Garden is based on those blooms, and one of over 100 new paintings I'll have on display at Dallas Arboretum Artscape April 26-27. I can't believe it's almost here, holy cow I have to make some tags and labels and decide what color apron to wear that day. So much to do, so many flowers to paint, so little...

Midnight Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 12X12 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information Check out My New Video Here! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter! Midnight Garden Hydrangeas was completed around...midnight yesterday in the studio, a small study to warm up my brushes for a new three foot container garden of hydrangeas in progress. I'm preparing a new series of large gallery wrap container gardens in preparation for my one and only annual outdoor show at Dallas Arboretum. Artscape will be held April 26-27, with a member preview the evening of April 25. You are invited to join me and almost 75 other artists under the cherry blossom trees. This will be a fun show in the most beautiful gardens in North Texas staged at a time when the azaleas, tulips, daffodils, and every flower you can imagine will be blooming simultaneously. Visit m...

"Spring Blooms II," Dallas Arboretum ©2011 Niki Gulley 9" x 12" oil painting To see more of my paintings, stop by my booth at Artscape, an outdoor art show at the Dallas Arboretum this weekend, http://www.dallasarboretum.org/artscape/index.htm . E-mail Niki Gulley for more information. NikiGulley.com

“Rhapsody in Blue” ©2011 Niki Gulley Oil on canvas • 30” x 40” When I was a teenager my grandparents moved to Texas and I loved coming down from Chicago to visit them. I remember the first time I saw a massive field of bluebonnets and I was awestruck by the expanse of color. It was amazing that such tiny flowers when planted in mass could form a solid sea of blue. I wanted to relive those fond family memories by recreating those exciting bluebonnet and Indian Paintbrush displays I remember seeing for the first time in "Rhapsody in Blue." Using this interesting weathered farm house in Marble Falls and painting it engulfed in one of our prolific bluebonnet and Indian Paintbrush displays perfectly captures those memories. To see more of my Texas wildflower paintings, stop by my booth at Artscape, an outdoor art show at the Dallas Arboretum this weekend http://www.dallasarboretum.org/artscape/index.htm . To see more of my textured oil paintings, visit my website at NikiGulley.com...

"Texas Treats IV" ©2011 Niki Gulley 12" x 12" oil painting on canvas I painted these Texas bluebonnets & Indian Blanket with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives to achieve extreme texture so that the image comes to life and leaps off the canvas! In this wildflower painting series, I've painted the scene around the edges of the canvas on 1 1/2" deep stretcher bars so that the paintings can be hung without a frame for a unique sculptural effect. To see companion pieces for "Texas Treats IV," visit NikiGulley.com /?page_id=229 , or please stop by my booth at the Dallas Arboretum's Artscape art show this weekend (March 18-20), dallasarboretum.org/artscape/index.htm, where I will be exhibiting this bluebonnet painting along with several of my other new palette knife paintings. E-mail Niki Gulley for more information or To see more of my textured oil paintings, go to NikiGulley.com .

"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 info...

Sidelong Glances by Nancy Medina 10X10 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas My Daily Painters Gallery Nancy Medina Web Site Nancy Medina Art Blog Sidelong Glances is based on one of the beautiful blossoms of the Dallas Arboretum. The photo that inspired this painting was taken two days before a snowstorm hit the grounds of the arboretum and buried tulips, flowers, cherry blossoms, azaleas, and all manner of blooms under 4 inches of snow. It was an abrupt end to tulip season, and a surprise storm for all of us artists in our little tents out on the grounds for Artscape. I am taking the initiative this year, however, and purchased a new light dome tent for the show in March. No more flaps flying open and snow blowing in on Sunday morning, coating all the paintings and frames for me! If you are in town in March, I hope you will stop by Artscape and see me. If you do, I will especially make arrangements for a few hundred tulips to bloom there in your honor. Dallas Arboretum Artscape March 18-20, 20...

The Wedding Poppy by Nancy Medina 6X8 Oil on Linen Board My Daily Painters Gallery Nancy Medina Web Site Nancy Medina Art Blog The Wedding Poppy is the newest blossom drying in Flower Mound Studio today, as the weather forecasters are teasing us with a promise of possible snow on Christmas. A few days after the photo was taken that inspired this painting, it snowed at the Dallas Arboretum, and all of the beautiful poppies and tulips had their amazing springtime show cut short. You might recall that was smack dab in the middle of my big outdoor show at the Dallas Arboretum! We will be right back there again in March, hoping that no snow comes to call, hoping for sunshine and lots of blooms, and most of all for you to make an appearance!