New Mini Barn Painting from Iceland by Palette Knife Artist Niki Gulley

"Rural View III" ©2019 Niki Gulley
5" x 7” textured oil painting

Continuing our journey along the west coast of Iceland, I was taken by their simplistic architecture, often topped with bright red roofs to add a pop of color to the natural landscape. In the next several paintings, you’ll see I chose a different house or barn each day and set out to capture its shape, the colors and light hitting the structure, and the picturesque, idyllic, quiet scenery surrounding the building in all directions. Here is my next one, another small 5” x 7” study where I came in close so you get a sense of scale for the size of the barn and the mountain behind it. My main focus for this painting was contrasting simplistic objects, repeating shapes and direction, texture and movement in my strokes.

To see more of my contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings, visit nikigulley.com.



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Iceland - Sept. 2020
Tuscany Foodie Trek - Oct. 2020

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