Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

"Tuscan Dreams"  ©2014   Niki Gulley 14" x 11" pastel Inspired from one of our Art Treks to Tuscany, I chose to paint this cypress grove for my pastel demonstration for the Mid Cities Art League last week. First creating an underpainting in the complimentary reds and oranges, I then layered and cross hatched my pastels allowing some of the underneath layers to show through. The resulting image is loaded with uplifting color, energy and movement! If you'd like to join us in Tuscany for our next Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop Sept. 5th-13th, please let me know. For more details,  e-mail  Niki Gulley  or go to  nikigulley.com/artreks. Upcoming Art Treks Venice, Italy – Carnivalé – Feb. 22-Mar. 1, 2014 Paris, France – June 19-27, 2014  Provence, France – June 26 – July 4, 2014 Tuscany, Italy – Sept. 5-13, 2014 Cinque Terre and Lake Como, Italy – Sept. 12-21, 201...

"Autumn Morning," Tuscany ©2014 Niki Gulley 9" x 12" textured oil painting Created on our Tuscany Art Trek in September, I decided to paint this view from villa, since I'd been admiring it every day of the trip. It was a gorgeous morning with beautiful puffy white clouds that gave the landscape a beautiful soft filtered light. Working with palette knife, this Tuscan landscape is loaded with texture, color and movement! For lunch that afternoon, we feasted on fresh local fruit and vegees, pecorinos, cured meats and a little wine and prosecco at the villa. Bon appetito! If you'd like to join us in Tuscany for our next Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop Sept. 5th-13th, please let me know. The final registration deadline of Jan. 25th is quickly approaching! For more details,  e-mail  Niki Gulley  or go to  nikigulley.com/artreks. Upcoming Art Treks Venice, Italy – Carnivalé – Feb. 22-Mar. 1, 2014 ...

9" x 12" textured oil painting by Niki Gulley Day 4:   TUSCANY ART TREK Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop with Niki Gulley and Scott Williams On the next day of our Tuscany Art Trek, we took it easy and painted right at the villa while the photographers and the rest of the group went exploring in Montalcino. I decided to paint this view from our breakfast table, since I'd been admiring it every day of the trip. It was a gorgeous morning with beautiful puffy white clouds that gave the landscape a beautiful soft filtered light. Working with palette knife, this rolling hills scene is loaded with texture, color and movement! For lunch we feasted on fresh local fruit and vegees, pecorinos, cured meats and a little wine and prosecco at the villa. Bon appetito! If you'd like to join us in Tuscany for our next Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop Sept. 5th-13th, please let me know. Early registration deadline of Nov. 1...

"Room with a View," Tuscany ©2012 Niki Gulley 10" x 30" textured oil painting of our villa in Tuscany Last night - Tuscany Art Trek On the last evening of our Tuscany Art Trek, we gathered for show and tell (which everyone prefers calling it over a critique) with some wine and treats that we'd picked out throughout the week. It was so much fun seeing the spiral "stairway of art" grow each day as my student's added their completed paintings to the display, and amazing to watch the progression in each's work as they got more confident with their paint and letting their individual voices out. Scott assembled a slide show for each of the photography student's top shots, and we thoroughly enjoyed getting to see Tuscany through each photographer's unique perspective. It's always fascinating to me how two artists (or in this case 9) can stand in the same place, and capture something completely different.  We ended the...