Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

“Twisted Roots” ©2018 Niki Gulley 16" x 20” textured oil on canvas Painted on location, I was drawn to this magnificent Magnolia tree with its massive tangle of gnarly roots. Gripping the water’s edge, it anchors the foreground and leads you down the meandering creek where morning light shimmers across its surface. Adding unexpected pops of color, I wanted this painting to be full of joy while giving you a sense of peace in this protected oasis. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com .

“Twisted Roots” ©2019 Niki Gulley 16" x 20” textured oil on canvas Painted on location, I was drawn to this magnificent Magnolia tree with its massive tangle of gnarly roots. Gripping the water’s edge, it anchors the foreground and leads you down the meandering creek where morning light shimmers across its surface. Adding unexpected pops of color, I wanted this painting to be full of joy while giving you a sense of peace in this protected oasis. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com .

“Twisted Roots” ©2018 Niki Gulley 16" x 20” textured oil on canvas Painted on location, I was drawn to this magnificent Magnolia tree with its massive tangle of gnarly roots. Gripping the water’s edge, it anchors the foreground and leads you down the meandering creek where morning light shimmers across its surface. Adding unexpected pops of color, I wanted this painting to be full of joy while giving you a sense of peace in this protected oasis. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com .

©2018 Niki Gulley •  textured oil paintings I'm so excited and honored to have received "Best in Show" at Webster Groves Art Fair this summer! In my work I strive to capture the vibrant energy and intrinsic beauty of our natural surroundings so as to uplift one's spirits and suggest childlike wonder. In order to achieve the desired mood for my work, I combine an impressionistic flair for painting with a sculptor-like technique by applying paint thickly using palette knives, thereby creating multi-dimensional images. The resulting style achieves a richness of depth that explodes with color, flows with light, and evokes an emotional response. By utilizing vivid hues and contrasting the play of light and shadow to create drama, my broad energetic strokes add to a sense of vitality and motion, bringing my landscapes to life.   For more information on contemporary impressionistic palette knife paintings, please e-mail  Niki Gulley. ...

“Enduring Spirit” ©2017 Niki Gulley SOLD •  20" x 16” textured oil on canvas Just sold!  Standing tall and proud, this old soul sinks its gnarly roots into the cliff below, persistent and hopeful. I wanted you to get the feeling of staring up in wonderment like when you were a kid discovering things for the first time – noticing the unusual beauty and complexity of its infrastructure. Both grounded and reaching for the heavens, this organic skyscraper connects us to the mysteries of nature while encouraging childhood dreams. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com .

“Texas Roots” ©2015 Niki Gulley 16" x 20” textured oil on canvas Painted on location, I was drawn to this magnificent Magnolia tree with its massive tangle of gnarly roots. Gripping the water’s edge, it anchors the foreground and leads you down the meandering creek where morning light shimmers across its surface. Adding unexpected pops of color, I wanted this painting to be full of joy while giving you a sense of peace in this protected oasis. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com .

“Enduring Spirit” ©2015 Niki Gulley 20" x 16” textured oil on canvas Standing tall and proud, this old soul sinks its gnarly roots into the cliff below, persistent and hopeful. I wanted you to get the feeling of staring up in wonderment like when you were a kid discovering things for the first time – noticing the unusual beauty and complexity of its infrastructure. Both grounded and reaching for the heavens, this organic skyscraper connects us to the mysteries of nature while encouraging childhood dreams. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com .

“Texas Roots” ©2015 Niki Gulley 16" x 20” textured oil on canvas Painted on location, I was drawn to this magnificent Magnolia tree with its massive tangle of gnarly roots. Gripping the water’s edge, it anchors the foreground and leads you down the meandering creek where morning light shimmers across its surface. Adding unexpected pops of color, I wanted this painting to be full of joy while giving you a sense of peace in this protected oasis. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com .

Windswept Sold Thank you to Pam Massar and  Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas  for completing the sale of Windswept.  I am thrilled that this painting has a new home!  This is a 30" x 30" oil on canvas....and looks great framed up.  The collectors came to the reception at the gallery last week, and purchased several paintings!!!  How exciting for everyone!  I was in the studio today painting another landscape....Thanks for looking at this blog.   Kay

"Golden Moment" ©2012 Niki Gulley 12" x 24" pastel I painted this pastel at the Dallas Arboretum last fall to capture the gorgeous fall colors, and the mysterious long shadows cast by the sun as it was nearing sunset. I loved the vivid reds and oranges of the foliage, and the way the sun was causing those colors to glow along with the highlights on the path. For more information on "Golden Moment," please e-mail  Niki Gulley. Or, visit  NikiGulley.com  to see more of my contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings and pastels.

Three Boat Sunrise    © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014  Size:18 x 24  Oil on Canvas. Sold Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  When I paint this scene, which I have in several paintings and in various sizes... I always feel like I am there... at the foot of the steps... I feel like I have woken up before everyone else and run down the stairs just in time to see the sun rising in the sky.  The colors vivid and bright on the surface of the water... the boats all calmly tied to their moorings. The flavor of Italy or Tuscany in the balance with the landscape bring adventure to the painting. Are you upstairs in a window looking out, or downstairs at the waterfront watching the day awaken? Your word, Lord, is eternal;     it stands firm in the heavens. Psalm 119:89 #Lauriepacepaintings  #Italiansurisepaintings #Sunrisepaintings Laurie Pace A Texas Artist...

"Primary Colors," Burano, Italy ©2014 Niki Gulley 12" x 16" textured oil painting We have been leading Art Treks in Venice, Italy for the past 6 years and one of the places that I look forward to most when we're visiting is the quaint, colorful island of Burano. Known for making lace by hand, what I particular love are all of the vibrant painted houses and the reflections they cast in the canals. I feel like a kid in a candy store, not knowing what to paint first. It is such a visual feast for your eyes! I was particularly drawn to this scene with the warm reds and yellows contrasted against the vivid  calm blue water, fishing boats docked for the day and some clean clothes drying in the distance. If you'd like to join us next February in  Venice  for our Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop,  please let me know. For more details,  e-mail  Niki Gulley  or go to  nikigulley.com/artreks. Upcomi...

"Orchestrating Radiance" ©2013 Niki Gulley Three 48" x 30" canvases to form a 48" x 90" triptych Textured oil painting on wrap around canvases I wanted this large-scale painting to be very uplifting, colorful and full of energy. Opting for warm colors and working with extremely thick paint and palette knives, I chose this lily pond reference from our visit to Monet's Gardens in Giverny, France. The grounds were breathtaking and I could actually see his paintings come to life. I was drawn to the energetic flow and yet calming serenity in this view, and I positioned the shoreline, shadows and reflections in a curving pattern to add to that mood. Dripping willow leaves frame the foreground as water lilies skim the pond's surface. The morning light peeking through the distant foliage added to a sense of mystery and promise that I wanted to capture in paint, and share with you that feeling of hope. To see more of Niki Gulle...

"Golden Moment" ©2012 Niki Gulley 12" x 24" pastel I painted this pastel at the Dallas Arboretum last fall to capture the gorgeous fall colors, and the mysterious long shadows cast by the sun as it was nearing sunset. I loved the vivid reds and oranges of the foliage, and the way the sun was causing those colors to glow along with the highlights on the path. This pastel along with several others will be available at our "Adopt - a - Art" party on Dec. 7th and 8th. As some of you may know, we are planning to move to a larger studio space and while we would love to take all of our precious friends with us, we would rather not move everything and start with a clean studio space. Consequently, we are going to do something this year that we have never done before and may never do again, we are going to have an adoption weekend. There will be nominal fees associated with some of these to cover the care and feeding of them over the years and all...

"Kaleidoscope of Dreams" ©2012 by Niki Gulley Four 36" x 36" canvases to form a 72" x 72" quadriptych • original textured oil painting or Enhanced Canvas Prints - four 20" x 20" canvases to form a 40" x 40" quadriptych In this painting, I wanted you to feel like a little kid again – laying on the ground and staring up into the treetops without a care in the world. I hope you experience the joy of being surrounded by nature and the beauty in this autumn kaleidoscope of colors. I have received so many requests that I am now offering canvas prints of "Kaleidoscope of Dreams." Four 20" x 20" canvases are stretched on 3/4 inch stretcher bars with the image continuing around the edges to form a 40" x 40" quadriptych that does not need to be framed, just like the original . I have also added thick paint in some of the leaves and trunks to add even more texture and making each print one of a kind. Fi...

"Colorful Transformation" ©2012 by Niki Gulley textured oil painting • 36" x 48" With "Colorful Transformation," I wanted to focus on brilliant color and simple shapes to see if I could communicate the excitement I feel when surrounded by nature. Using energetic diagonal strokes and thick, textured paint, I hope you get a sense of the motion in the leaves and the power of nature to invigorate your spirit. I just love how this piece captured that essence! For more information on this birch painting, contact American Fine Art Gallery in Dallas, ( American Fine Art .) And please stop by the gallery on April 21st where I will be the featured artist as part of Dallas' Spring Gallery Walk. I will be there from 6-8 pm and would love to meet you! American Fine Art will be unveiling more than a dozen of my new large textured oil paintings, with subjects ranging from aspen and birch trees, to uplifting sunflower fields, and peaceful water lilies, and I c...

“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.co m for details. E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on my contemporary landscape paintings. Or visit my website at NikiGulley.com .