Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

    Meadow Morn 30" x 30" x 1.5" Acrylic on Canvas Purchase Information Original abstract painting by Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth Visit my website to see more of my original abstract paintings. Prints of this painting are now available. Click here for more information. Click here to get my monthly art newsletter!

Beach Access Freeport, Texas 8 x 10 Oil on Panel Randall Cogburn Click to Purchase on  eBay Auction One of the many beach access roads along Galveston Island and Freeport, Texas. The fog is just starting to lift. The drive down the coast from Galveston it became progressively worse at times the traffic had to really slow down. 

Heightened Awareness III ©2014 Niki Gulley 48" x 36" • Textured mixed media on canvas In this painting I wanted you to feel that child-like wonder of staring up in into the treetops and the heavens above. I chose vibrant, cheerful yellows contrasted against a violet blue sky filled with big, puffy clouds. And, by arranging the aspens in a circular pattern heightened by thick, curving paint strokes, that joyful, playful feeling of hope and discovery are enhanced. If you'd like more information on my textured aspen and birch tree paintings, e-mail  Niki Gulley . NikiGulley.com

Color Jungle Cottage Garden - Detail 20X20 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter! Color Jungle Cottage Garden is under construction in Flower Mound Studio tonight, based on the beautiful cottages of Coronado Island in Southern California. I'm super excited to be taking my students on a tour of these gardens during my flower painting workshop in San Diego, August 1-3. The flowers will be in bloom and we'll have plenty of opportunities to fill up the memory cards on our digital cameras and astound our husbands by how quickly we can subsume every millibite-thingy-ma-bob of space on our cell phone cameras, while we're at it! I've reached that awkward point where I have to make everyone posing for a photo "hang on a sec" while I delete 10 items in order to have space to take one more photo. Am I the only one in this predicament? Are there suppor...

Wandering Through 48" x 60" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contemporary Palette Knife Painting This painting is drying at the studio...a contemporary floral landscape bursting with color and texture.  I have been working on this canvas for days...with layers and layers of paint.  The scene is a wide view of wildflowers wandering through the landscape.  The sky is heavy with paint and texture.  Because this painting is on thick stretcher bars/gallery wrap canvas, framing is optional.  This is a great size canvas to hang above a sofa or fireplace.  Contact  Kay  for more information on this painting.  Thanks for looking at this blog.  Kay

Still Life Study in Light 12" x 9" oil on linen I promise this will be the final blog about my first venture into demonstrating in front of a live audience. Since my last two blog posts discussed the upcoming event, you might have guessed I was a little apprehensive about it. But once I started painting, the nervousness just melted away. I only had about an hour to work, but the Weatherford Art Association was a great crowd and it was fun discussing my process as the painting unfolded. Here is the painting from that night. I love to share my art and inspiration. Click  HERE  to sign up for my email newsletter and receive a free gift of postcards. Follow me on Facebook.

  I just finished the set of three paintings for a client.  The heavily textured canvases measure 84" across by 30" high.  They are gallery-wrapped on 1.5" bars and do not need framing.   Original abstract painting by Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth Click here to get my monthly art newsletter!

This was the first pastel I did in this very loose style, and it has set me off on a journey of discovery. What fun.. I tend to get very detailed when I do a portrait, this was pure discipline for me. Enjoy. This is a 9 x 12" pastel on velour (unframed). $250 plus S/H

Okay, get ready for a barrage of pet portraits! Not really, but I loved doing GOLDIE so much, thought I would do at least a couple more. Smudge (the cat) is along the same vein as GOLDIE, loose and marginally out of focus, to stop me doing too much detail. I really like the play of light in these portraits.. I have a few photos I can tweak in Sketch Club on the IPad, to get the contrast more accented before I transfer my drawing to the paper., it helps. I had fun with this technique (done in pastel on velour paper) ..You mostly all know I like a LOOSE approach, but these last two portraits seem even looser for me...I think. :)) This is 9 x 11" unframed pastel on velour paper. $250 plus S/H

     © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Spring 9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas.  Available Paintings by L Pace   Usually my paintings are bright and full of contrast. This morning's painting is thick and rich with energy contrast in the pulls of paint. Some of the paint is a quarter inch deep.  This will take until late March before it can ship, but this horse painting is available, along with others directly on my website, or visit my galleries for larger paintings. Terry has been busy up in the garage. We have an attic space up there but only a tiny crawl space to get up there from the garage. Inside the house we have a huge walk up access to another attic area, but this one is special.  He intends to put a door in a room that backs up to this huge space and make this area a huge closet. It is actually large enough to be a full reading room or play room for a child. Not sure wh...

San Luis Pass Freeport, Texas 8 x 10 Oil on Panel Randall Cogburn Click to Purchase on  eBay Auction A view of the Gulf of Mexico looking under the San Luis Pass Toll Bridge on the Freeport side during a fog bank that kept coming in by the minute. The seagulls didn't mind a bit, life as usual. I was watching a group of gulls bobbing around and what might have been a shark came thrashing through getting some grub. 

Lost Moments 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! Lost Moments is the newest sunflower painting in Flower Mound Studio, as I pack up my paints for a live painting demonstration in my very own town Saturday and Sunday morning, from 11 am to 1 pm each day at the new Market Street. I'll be painting flowers in oils both days, so stop by for a free demo and say hello - I would love to see you - here's the scoop!  Meet the Artist - Painting Live Nancy Medina at Market Street  March 1-2 11 am to 1 pm  3800 Long Prairie Road Flower Mound, Texas My live painting demo on Coronado Island, CA!

Original Mountain Sunrise Landscape Oil Painting 11"x14'x7/8" Oil on Canvas/Available Click HERE for pricing.  Visit http://LunellGilley.com to view more of my work.

12"x16" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas-The images is continued around the sides. Available/ $187.00 Includes Shipping  Click HERE to purchase. Click HERE for pricing on commissions if you'd like a larger piece like this one.  Visit http://DebraHurd.com to view more of my work.  Visit my Daily Painters Gallery HERE  Visit my BLOG

This is my cat Mouse, being Mouse. Upside-down is his favorite position and he's just about to reach out and grab me. "Stop and smell the roses Mama or better yet, stop and pet the kitty." Sometimes life needs a little change in perspective.  "It Depends on Your Perspective" 5"x7" Acrylic on Masonite $200 Location: Artist's Studio Unframed Rebecca Zook Fine Art hello@rebeccazook.com See all Rebecca's Work at RebeccaZook.com

A couple of years ago, my son called and told me Lester  was coming to shoe his horses and mules, if I wanted pictures. So I grabbed my camera and took off. He is about 30 minutes away. When I got there he was already through and loaded up, and I was so disappointed, so he got his tools out, and posed for me! I took quite a few photos. I have known Lester for a long time, so he didn't seem to mind to help me out! This is done on 300 pound hot press watercolor paper, using transparent watercolors as well as some gouache.  It will be 18x24 framed.

"Red Lily" is fresh off the easel. It took weeks to complete, with lots of layering and glazing to get all the reflections, raindrops, and lily colors just right.  I'm very happy with the way it turned out!  This oil painting will be available at the upcoming  Stribling Art Extravaganza  in San Angelo, TX from March 21-23, 2014. "Red Lily" 20x24 Oil on Linen Panel My Blog My Website Facebook

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 VAST 9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas.  Available Here. I love using left over palette. I have been working on a buffalo painting and of course these are some of the strongest colors in the painting and I had 'leftovers' on my palette.  There is a natural flow to both the color and the movement which is really neat to me as I rotated the canvas adding colors not really paying attention to the patterns or overlays. The composition is as strong as the single horse as a strong foundation behind the 'etching' of the horse.  Touches of Lavender, reds, oranges, mauves and turquoise season the painting. 9 x 12 inches, this freshly painted oil is Horse #7 in this years 100 Horses for $100, but please note NOT in 100 days.  These are so creative and magical to me as I paint them, I want to keep them fresh and unforced. This is a second series, with the first 100 h...

22x15 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper, painted a few days ago, and shown in an hibiscus online forum display. Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 and is for sale either on my www.dailypainters.com or www.kaysmith.artspan.com sites.

“Aqua Dreams” ©2014 Niki Gulley 36” x 60” textured oil on canvas When we arrived at this tranquil spot, the early morning light was very cool in color, but as the sun began to rise from the horizon, it shone this beautiful warm light that shimmered on the water’s surface and cast its hope of what was to come from the brand new day. I remember the peacefulness I felt in that moment, and a sense that anything was possible. In Aqua Dreams, by showing the contrast in the cool aqua/blues in the foreground waters against the warm golden glow on the distant pond’s edge, I wanted to share that feeling of hope and promise communicated by nature. To see more of my contemporary landscape paintings, please visit  nikigulley.com. For more information on my textured palette knife birch and aspen tree oil paintings, please e-mail  Niki Gulley.

7 X 5 ORIGINAL OIL ON LINEN $125 UNFRAMED $150 FRAMED CONTACT ARTIST TO PURCHASE Pat@Meyer.net These 3 little roses made me long for the Spring days that will be coming soon.  Their fresh faces and pure colors brighten up my day.  If you are wanting to start collecting art or want to give a great gift this small piece is for you.  Shipping is extra. Signature Member Artist of Texas, Oil Painters of America, Outdoor Painters Society www.PatMeyer-artist.com

San Luis Pass, Gulf Side Freeport, Texas 8 x 8 Oil on Panel Randall Cogburn Click to Purchase on  eBay Auction San Luis Pass, Freeport Texas. This view is from the Freeport side of the pass. San Luis Pass has a big toll bridge that goes from Galveston Island to the Freeport side. On this day it was a bit foggy and the local Seagulls were having a ball. 

Ribbons in the Sky White Tulips 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! . Ribbons in the Sky White Tulips is the newest daily painting in Flower Mound Studio, based on the tulips of the Dallas Arboretum. I love painting white flowers. There are so many colors in white, purples, greens, yellows, blues. In color theory class at university, our final exam was a still life of all white objects. The professor brought in about 100 items and placed them on a huge table in the center of the room. Read more... Tulips on the easel in Flower Mound Studio

Blue Vase 24" x 24" Oil on Canvas Contemporary Palette Knife Painting Floral Still Life This canvas has lots of texture and color. Needs a frame and a new home. Contact  Kay  for purchasing information. Thanks for viewing.  KMW

Plein Air Red Fence Shadows | Barbara Haviland - Blog Blog Plein Air Red Fence Shadows By Barbara Haviland on 2/25/2014 5:13:19 PM Comment on this © Barbara Haviland This was my second attempt at Plein Air on our trip to Marchita's studio.  We had so much fun painting. I loved how the shadows hit that red fence. I believe the trees were crept myrtle.  Anyway the sun hitting the fence making those pretty shadows was it for me. http://barbarahaviland.fineartstudioonline.com/workszoom/1398839

"Dallas Sky" 26x48, Oil on Canvas     Just finished this commission yesterday for a wonderful lady.   I always tell people that living in Dallas the sky makes up for the landscape. I still feel that way. The beauty of the colors and blends that you get in the sky down here is so beautiful. Truly God paints His abstract art in the sky.   

The image above is the finished piece. I am a bad girl, as I brought from Australia some lovely pieces of Melaleuca bark in order to do this collage. :(( I did several pieces like this while in college many years ago, and they all sold, which is a good thing. However I wanted one for myself. So the day before I left Australia for Texas I took a walk and began taking some of the colorful bark to stash in my suitcase. I used a piece of Strathmore Bristol paper not particularly a pastel paper surface, however it worked well for this. I used matt medium to adhere the bark then worked my drawing around the bark pieces. I finished the piece in pastel and charcoal. I also left the small flecks of white paper showing through the black areas, fiddly but I like the effect. My use of the design panels is random, each drawing I did in college had differing panels, it depended on the way I wanted the piece to be seen.(for memory there were around five of these drawings done)....

Pleasure Pier Galveston Island, Texas 8 x 8 Oil on Panel Randall Cogburn Click to Purchase on eBay Auction Had a chance to get back down to Galveston and lucked up with some unbelievable fog rolling in. After about ten minutes at the Sea Wall I took a trip down to East Beach to see what was going on then as I head back down the beach it completely engulfed the Seawall and I was barely able to see the surf. What made it interesting was the sun was beaming bright which lit up a lot of areas.  The Pleasure Pier is a fun park with ferrous wheels and fun and games. The small pier at the end used to be a fishing pier but no longer since the last Hurricane rendered it useless. The Flagship Pier is what this pier used to be called, with a big Hotel on top. Surfers used to jump off it and you can imagine from the looks is a pretty big drop. 

     © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Blue Range 9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas.  Available Here.  This was part of the three paint from left over Acrylics as well. The colors are stronger and the layers are higher.  There is a tussle and a compromise with the color palette and the movement of the knife.  Compromise is something important in life as well... finding a compromise means adapting to the needs of someone else. A lesson open to the current generation is really stuck on the selfies. Growing away from self and opening your life and heart to serving others leads to happiness. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1John 4:4 #horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart Laurie Pace A Texas Artist   My Blog        ...

Tender Rain Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 20X20 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! . Tender Rain Hydrangeas is the newest painting in Flower Mound Studio, celebrating a new vase I received from a dear friend. You are invited to join me for my June 21 workshop at the Dallas Arboretum. I love teaching flower painting in the most beautiful gardens in Texas, and this will be a great time of year to get dozens of flower photos during the lunch break! Okay, dozens is a conservative estimate. I've been known to fill up an entire cell phone's worth of memory in 2 hours at the Arboretum before. My husband seems to find this quite astounding, though I'm sure all of you, my flower fanatic friends, are sympathetic to the cause....! Dallas Arboretum Flower Painting Workshop June 2...

 22"x28" Palette Knife Oil on Canvas  This painting is SOLD, but commissions are welcomed.  Click HERE for pricing on commissions and sizes available  Visit http://DebraHurd.com to view more of my work.  Visit my Daily Painters Gallery HERE  Visit my BLOG

 Original Still Life Floral Flower Pink Iris Art Painting by Texas Contemporary Fine Artist  Lunell Gilley  8"x10"x7/8"Oil on Canvas/Available  Click HERE  for pricing.  Visit http://LunellGilley.com to view more of my work.  Visit my art blog at http://lunellgilleyfineart.blogspot.com/

Found Art 2-01  - Original Photography by Texas Contemporary Artist Denise Bossarte © Denise Bossarte Found Art 2-01   A new series I am trying out named Found Art. This is an image taking during a  Miksang Photography Workshop that I taught. It was for the Space assignment but turned into an Absolute Eye image like modern art!   It looks like butterfly wings but you would never guess what it really is! Contact me photos@foundworlds.com Find more of my art at: www.foundworlds.com http://denise-bossarte.artistwebsites.com / - buy art here http://denise-bossarte.pixels.com/ - iPhone and Galaxy Cases here!  http://www.cfai.co/#!denise-bossarte/c1ure www.foundworldsphotography.blogspot.com www.radiantheartphotography.com

"Coming Together" ©2014 Niki Gulley Textured oil painting on gallery wrap canvas • 40" x 30" In this painting I wanted you to feel that child-like wonder of staring up in into the treetops and the heavens above. Choosing calming greens against a lavender-blue peaceful sky and arranging the two main aspens so that they meet in the middle, suggests a feeling of togetherness. While organizing the outlying trees in a circular pattern and using thick, curving, bold orange brushstrokes, creates a joyful, playful mood. For more information on my palette knife birch and aspen tree oil paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley. To see more of my contemporary landscapes, visit  NikiGulley.com .

Oasis Delphiniums and Cherry Blossoms by Nancy Medina 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel Check out My New Video Here! Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter! . My favorite place to paint at the Dallas Arboretum is near the delphinium beds just to the right as you enter the gardens, close to the stone bridge. The delphs grow in thick clusters of fuschia, pale purples and deep cobalt blues, swaying in the breeze on four foot tall stalks. The hubby and I rent one of the red wagons at the concierge desk and load up all my painting goodies and easel accoutrements, along with a picnic lunch, and head to this spot.  Visit my art blog for a video and a photo tour of my favorite place to paint at the Arboretum! You Are Invited ~ Join me at Artscape at the Dallas Arboretum,  April 2014! Hey, where did I put my hat?!