Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

Venice Art Trek, Day 3, Afternoon Location: Back Canals 7" x 5" textured oil painting by Niki Gulley After pizza fortifications for lunch, we set up our easels on a back canal near our hotel while the photographers went off in search of more costumes and scenery to photograph. The architecture in Venice is fascinating and in every direction there is so much ornate detail, that I wanted to capture all of the unusual elements in this one little doorway. For dinner that night, we went to a local recommendation with amazing seafood pasta. Yum! If you'd like to join us on one of our upcoming Art Treks, please let me know.  For more details, E-mail  Niki@NikiGulley.com  or go to  nikigulley.com/artreks. Upcoming Art Treks Paris, France – June 19-27, 2014  Provence, France – June 26 – July 4, 2014 - wait list only Tuscany, Italy – Sept. 5-13, 2014 Cinque Terre and Lake Como, Italy – Sept. 12-21, 2014 Athens and Sa...

10" x 8" pastel by Niki Gulley Day 1, Monterosso:  CINQUE TERRE / LAKE COMO ART TREK Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop with Niki Gulley and Scott Williams Our first morning in the Cinque Terre, we ended up painting right at the courtyard of our hotel since it was raining and we had a perfect covered patio there. The colored buildings of Monterosso proved to be the ideal backdrop for this three-tiered Italian fountain. In the afternoon, we visited a lovely winery in the terraced hills that put out an amazing spread of wines, cheeses, tomatoes and desserts. Later that afternoon, the sun even came out and gave us a rainbow, and we ended the day with another delicious Mediterranean meal. If you'd like to join us in  Cinque Terre / Lake Como  for our next Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop Sept. 12th-21st , please let me know. The workshop is already half full and a final registration deadline of Nov. 2nd is quickly ap...