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Eiffel Tower • 10" x 8" oil painting by Niki Gulley • SOLD Day 1 - Art Trek Paris For the first day of our painting & photography workshop in Paris, we had to visit the Eiffel Tower. After enjoying the panorama view from the tallest building in Europe, we grabbed some lunch at a Parisian café and nourished for the afternoon, set up our easels at this lovely park to paint the Eiffel Tower. Part of our group at the Eiffel Tower. While the morning was slightly chilly and overcast, the clouds parted and sun came out just in time to paint and shoot. All of our students agreed, this was the perfect spot to paint the Paris landmark – a little shade, a gentle path leading you to the subject, lush greenery and delicate pink, purple petals from the blooming lilac-like trees, tucked away from the crowds. Some of our painters with their travel easels, painting the Eiffel Tower. If you would like to come along on one of our upcoming  Plein Air Paintin...

“Monet’s Passion” ©2011 Niki Gulley 12” x 24” textured oil on wrap around canvas Early morning light washes over Monet’s water lily garden in his beloved home at Giverny, France. Quiet, tranquil colors rim the pond, reflected in the glassy surface, waters casting back sky and foliage in a radiance of hues. Iris leaves front the pond, lilies break its surface, willows brush the water’s edge – everything just as Monet would have seen, now in a fresh, contemporary new work of art. I'll have several of my paintings from Paris along with my landscapes closer to home this weekend at the Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas.   This is my last art show for 2011 , so hope you can stop by. For more details on the show, click here  dallasculture.org/bathhouseculturecenter/calendarDetail.asp?id=7770 . Or, if you would like to join us in May for our next ArtTrek to Paris, France, and paint Monet's Gardens in person, visit nikigulley.com/?page_id=1420 , which goes into...

"Culmination" ©2011 Niki Gulley Three 48" x 30" canvases to form a 48" x 90" triptych textured mixed media on wrap around canvas I decided it would be a fun challenge to create an extremely large painting, and I wanted the final piece to be very uplifting, colorful and full of energy. Opting for warm colors and working with extremely thick oil 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 water lilies and my paint strokes in a circular pattern to add to that mood. 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. I'll have several of my paintings from Paris along with my landsca...