Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

"Along the Shoreline II" ©2022 Niki Gulley 24" x 18" Textured oil painting I always love going to Turtle Creek, the natural oasis the city has created in the middle of Dallas. This painting was inspired from a time when you could actually climb down the rocks and enjoy the beautiful stream from below, being completely isolated from city noise and housing. I was drawn to these large abstract sweeping patterns of the water and land meeting with just a trickle of light illuminating the foliage in the distance and one lone trunk that has fallen. If you'd like to add "If a Tree Falls" to your art collection, please check out  nikigulley.com/if-a-tree-falls/. To see more of palette knife landscape paintings, visit  nikigulley.com . Or, E-mail  Niki Gulley for more details.

  “Along the Shoreline” ©2021 Niki Gulley 14" x 18” textured oil painting on canvas Early on a fall morning the sun breaks softly through leafy branches and casts early autumn’s palette across the creek. Silent water is ruffled by a gentle breeze. Arching over, bending into the quiet waters, a tree arches into the scene – encompassing, embracing. This painting captures the dreamy reflections and tranquil landscape of one of my favorite spots to paint on location near my home. It is painted in the traditional plein air oil manner, incorporating some heavy texture with palette knife. To purchase "Breaking Through", please visit  nikigulley.com/breaking-through/ . ••• E-mail  Niki Gulley  for more information on her contemporary landscape paintings.  See  NikiGulley.com  to view her textured palette knife oil paintings.

  “Through the Keyhole” ©2021 Niki Gulley 20” x 16” textured oil painting I love the twisting, textured limbs of old oak trees, and the way these two branches formed a keyhole view of the forest beyond was fascinating. Arching the branches upward suggests a touch of whimsey like climbing a tree when you’re a kid. Loaded with texture and surprising pops of color, I hope you, too, are transported to an enchanted place filled with hope and wonder. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com . To purchase and for more details on "Through the Keyhole," go to  https://www.nikigulley.com/through-the-keyhole/.

30"x40"x1.5" Oil on  Canvas/Available Click HERE for more info. Visit http://DebraHurd.com to view more of my work. Visit my BLOG   Follow me on facebook HERE  Follow me on Pinterest HERE  Follow me on Instagram HERE

30"x40"x1.5" Oil on  Canvas/Available Click HERE for more info. Visit http://DebraHurd.com to view more of my work. Visit my BLOG   Follow me on facebook HERE  Follow me on Pinterest HERE  Follow me on Instagram HERE

“Through the Keyhole” ©2019 Niki Gulley 20” x 16” textured oil painting I love the twisting, textured limbs of old oak trees, and the way these two branches formed a keyhole view of the forest beyond was fascinating. Arching the branches upward suggests a touch of whimsey like climbing a tree when you’re a kid. Loaded with texture and surprising pops of color, I hope you, too, are transported to an enchanted place filled with hope and wonder. If you have any questions about my palette knife paintings, please   e-mail  Niki Gulley . To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary landscape paintings, visit  NikiGulley.com .

"If a Tree Falls" ©2019 Niki Gulley 24" x 18" Textured oil painting I always love going to Turtle Creek, the natural oasis the city has created in the middle of Dallas. This painting was inspired from a time when you could actually climb down the rocks and enjoy the beautiful stream from below, being completely isolated from city noise and housing. I was drawn to these large abstract sweeping patterns of the water and land meeting with just a trickle of light illuminating the foliage in the distance and one lone trunk that has fallen. To see more of palette knife landscape paintings, visit  nikigulley.com . Or, E-mail  Niki Gulley for more details.

“Peaceful Destination” ©2019 Niki Gulley SOLD • 9" x 12” textured oil painting on canvas Just Sold!  Early on a fall morning the sun breaks softly through leafy branches and casts early autumn’s palette across the creek. Silent water is ruffled by a gentle breeze. Arching over, bending into the quiet waters, a tree arches into the scene – encompassing, embracing. This painting captures the dreamy reflections and tranquil landscape of one of my favorite spots to paint on location near my home. It is painted in the traditional plein air oil manner, incorporating some heavy texture with palette knife. E-mail  Niki Gulley  for more information on her contemporary landscape paintings.  See  NikiGulley.com  to view her textured palette knife oil paintings.

“Along the Shoreline” ©2019 Niki Gulley 14" x 18” textured oil painting on canvas Early on a fall morning the sun breaks softly through leafy branches and casts early autumn’s palette across the creek. Silent water is ruffled by a gentle breeze. Arching over, bending into the quiet waters, a tree arches into the scene – encompassing, embracing. This painting captures the dreamy reflections and tranquil landscape of one of my favorite spots to paint on location near my home. It is painted in the traditional plein air oil manner, incorporating some heavy texture with palette knife. E-mail  Niki Gulley  for more information on her contemporary landscape paintings.  See  NikiGulley.com  to view her textured palette knife oil paintings.

I just finished this one. It's of the river area near my home. I have done several plein air paintings of it. This one however, I painted in the studio today, from my photograph.  Green on green is beautiful in nature, but in a painting, it tends to be a bit much of the same thing for me.   I usually play with complimentary colors, such as the orange/red family and even some blue/mauve colors as small accents amongst the green. I hope you like this one. For me, it was very meditative to paint. This image measures 16" x 20" unframed  $550 plus S/H Prints of this image available through Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-wandering-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true Rae paints and teaches in all media.  For more info on her workshops please contact her through this blog or her website raeandrews.com Thanks for visiting..

Castlefranc is a lovely village near to where we stayed last May in southwest France. I did this painting as a demo, back in the studio from a photo I took. M reflections were lovely in this village. A painting waiting to happen for sure! This image is 12" x 16" unframed. $250 plus S/H Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:       https://fineartamerica.com/featured/castlefranc-reflections-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true                                                                 Thanks for visiting.. Rae paints and teaches in all media. Contact her through this blog for more information or through her website at: raeandrews.com

Finally finished this one.. Pastel on red Sennelier paper. I am a part of a pastel presentation for Austin Pastel Society on Sunday 28th October  (approx. 3.30-4.30 pm) at Precision Camera in Austin. Please come along if you want to see a fun demonstration by 5 artists. You would be most welcome. We have a silent auction at the end of each work, and the money raised goes into our scholarship fund. This presentation is called a PAINT AROUND where all five artists begin on their own artwork for first ten minutes, then it is passed around to the next artist for them to do another ten minutes pastelling  on it.  The demo lasts one hour with the artwork ending up in front of the original artist, for them to 'tweak' what the other artists have done to their work. Great fun! The above pastel painting is me getting in readiness for this presentation. This image measures 16" x 20" unframed  $500 plus S/H Prints are also available through...

This is another of the boats in the Portofino Bay. Same boat as my last post, different vantage point. I loved all the colors when I was there, and of course I embellish them to my own liking as well.  This image is a pastel on Sennelier paper. The painting measures 16" x 20" unframed. $500 plus S/H Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/portofino-interlude-rae-andrews.html Thanks for visiting.. Rae teaches workshops in all media. For more info please contact her through this blog or through her website: raeandrews.com

Just finished this pastel. It is on a piece of Sennelier sanded paper, my favorite pastel substrate. The image is of the gorgeous reflections in Portofino Harbor, Italy. It was amazing to the eye, especially this 'artist's eye' ! $650 plus S/H This image is presented unfamed. Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/portofino-glory-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true Thanks for visiting.. Rae teaches workshops in all media, in both the USA and Europe.  For more info, please contact her through this blog or her website raeandrews.com

First of all let me apologize for my absence and lack of posting of late. I had a family health crisis and needed to take some time away from my painting. It's been like losing my right arm, and I JUST HAD TO GET BACK INTO MY STUDIO!  That happened late yesterday, and this is the finished result. It's a pastel image on Sennelier pastel paper (unframed) This image is 12" x 16" unframed. $225 plus S/H Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/waterline-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true Thanks so much for visiting.. Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:                                                           http://raeandrews.com

This is a small pastel piece I did yesterday. It measures 7.5" x 7.5" unframed $125 plus S/H                            Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/on-a-clear-day-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true Thanks for visiting.. Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:                                                           http://raeandrews.com

I just finished this one, which I began yesterday afternoon.  It is on a mystery paper I had in my file drawer so don't ask what it is..:((  It is was a cream sanded paper though however not one I was familiar with. The size of this image is 19.5" x 25.5 " unframed. My reference was a lily pond photo I took while in France last May. The fish I actually made up. The magically appeared so voila! AS is my general practice I nudged color in Photoshop, although this image was pretty colorful to begin with I have to say. $550 plus S/ Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-peace-beyond-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true Thanks for visiting.. Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:                                       ...

 Just finished this one, quite enjoying my watercolor escape lately. This image is really out of my head, I wanted to reflect the trees a little in the lowtide waters, and the rocks came later.                          This image is 18" x 24" unframed and is on Arches Cold Pressed paper.                                                                   $525 Plus S/H                           ...

JUST TURNING is a scene from the area of Hamilton Pool here in Texas, the river is the Pedernales. I love this area, so full of things to paint. I used Photoshop to embellish and vamp up my colors with this one, something I do a fair bit.. This image is done on a mauve colored Canson TOUCH paper, not one of my favorites I have to admit, just not enough 'tooth' to it for my style of painting. Image size is 22" x 28" unframed $525 plus S/H Prints of this image are also available through  Fine Art America: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/just-turning-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true Thanks for visiting.. Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:                                                           http://raeandrews.com

Another of these different shaped formats, I love to challenge myself with something out of the norm. This pastel is all about the sky as was the last one I posted, and completely made up (again), as with the last post.                                           The substrate is Sennelier sanded paper.                                                 Image size is 5.25" x 12" unframed                            ...