Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

“Breaking Through," Tuscany ©2013 Niki Gulley SOLD • 24" x 12" textured mixed media on wrap around canvas Just Sold at the Good Art Company!   Inspired by our travels to Italy, cypress trees rise out of the vast open landscape signaling that you have arrived in Tuscany! Working from my oil sketch that I painted during our Plein Air Painting / Photography Workshop last year, I created this larger version back in my studio, including more of the dramatic clouds swirling above the cypress trees for a tall vertical panorama and added energy. If you'd like to join us in Tuscany next year for our Plein Air Painting / Photography Art Trek , Sept. 5th - 13th, please let me know.   This is one of our most popular workshops and space is going quickly. For more details, visit nikigulley.com/artreks. Also, several of my contemporary impressionistic landscapes are on display at the Good Art Company Gallery in Fredericksburg, TX. For more informat...

10" x 8" textured oil painting by Niki Gulley Day 4, afternoon:   TUSCANY ART TREK Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop with Niki Gulley and Scott Williams After we were fortified from a delicious lunch, we headed to La Foce, a beautiful Italian villa and formal gardens set in the middle of the rolling Tuscan hills. The perfectly planted cypress are so unique to Tuscany that we chose them for our subject today set against a bright blue sky and peaceful sweeping clouds. For dinner that night, we treated ourselves to the "truffle tasting menu," melted pecorino and honey, Florentine steak and a little vino nobile and vin santo to wash them down. Delicious food and great company with new friends! Our photographers getting into shooting one of the cypress lined roads in Tuscany! If you'd like to join us in Tuscany for our next Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop Sept. 5th-13th, please let me know. Early registration...

"View from Montepulciano" Tuscany, Italy SOLD • 14" x 11" pastel by Niki Gulley Join us for our next Plein-Air Painting & Photography Workshop in Tuscany, Sept. 2 -10. In addition to daily painting and/or photography excursions, there will also be day trips into the surrounding hill towns, along with winery tours, museum visits in Florence and plenty of gorgeous Italian countryside. The villa we stay at sits atop a hill with 360 degree panoramic views of the surrounding area, it has all modern convinces, plus wifi and a swimming pool. This truly is La Dolce Vita, so don’t wait until the last minute to sign up. The early deadline for a $400 discount is just a couple days away! E-mail Niki Gulley for more information, or visit nikigulley.com/?page_id=13 . From our last Tuscany workshop, everyone enjoying a delicious Italian dinner al fresco after a fun-filled day of painting, photographing and sightseeing in the Tuscan countryside. NikiGulley.com

"Sienna Passageway" ©2011 Niki Gulley pastel • 10" x 8" From our last Plein Air Painting & Photography workshop in Tuscany. Sienna is such an interesting town, with the narrow cobble streets forming a labyrinth of passageways, the energy of the people in the central square, the ancient stone architecture and unusual adornments, and the picturesque views from the rambling hillsides. We just love it! From our last Tuscany workshop, one of my students painting with pastels. If you'd like to join us for our next Plein-Air Painting & Photography Workshop, Sept. 2 -10, e-mail Niki Gulley for more information, or visit nikigulley.com/?page_id=13 . The early deadline for a $400 discount is just a week away! NikiGulley.com