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 French Cafe by Nancy Medina 14X14 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information My new DVD France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops My Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for My Art Newsletter French Cafe is the newest painting in Flower Mound Studio, and it's good to be back in the studio. I brought home a head cold from France, and in addition to the time change, it's taken a few days to get back on my feet *playing tiny violin*. It has been a rough re-entry into regular life, with no church bells to wake us each morning, no warm croissant aroma to waft up the stairs and help make the wakeup calls irresistible. I took tons of notes during my trip, to help ease the transition for my students next August, and most especially will be sharing my top 10 rookie mistakes for traveling in Europe, so you'll want to stay tuned to my art blog for that , if only for a few chuckles at my expense......

“Dancing on Water” © 2011 Niki Gulley 36” x 60” • textured oil on wrap around canvas Sunlight sparkles across aqua blue water, diamonds of purple glitter the pond’s surface; water lilies lift their faces toward the sky. Golden sunlight filters through the brambles and ferns, a touch of cardinal red peeks through purple and pink foliage while azure heavens reflect in the water. Placing the lilies in arcing patterns and staggering where they are floating about, adds to the flow and energy in the moment, and gives you the sense that they are gently dancing on water. E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her contemporary landscape paintings. See NikiGulley.com

“Monet’s Passion” ©2011 Niki Gulley 12” x 24” textured oil on wrap around canvas Early morning light washes over Monet’s lily pond in his beloved garden 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 water 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. This new textured interpretation of water lilies and many other contemporary oils by Niki Gulley will be on display at Cottonwood Art Festival May 7th and 8th in Richardson, TX. Please stop by to see them in person. Cottonwood Art Festival Saturday May 7 from 9 am to 6 pm and Sunday May 8 from 9 am to 6 pm. Richardson, TX, Cottonwood Park is at the corner of Coit and Beltline. Visit CottonwoodArtFestival.com for details. E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her landscape oil paintings. NikiGulley.com