Tag: poppy painting

New “Nature’s Brushstrokes” diptych painting by Niki Gulley

October 8, 2020

  

“Nature’s Brushstrokes IV” ©2020 Niki Gulley
24″ x 48″ diptych textured mixed painting on canvas

I love it when we are driving through the countryside and we come across a gorgeous field of wildflowers. The sudden burst of color thrills your senses! I wanted to capture the rhythm, color, and density of this brilliant carpet of red. Making sure not to over blend my thick strokes so that you could see the marks and feel the energy found in nature. Repeating patterns and waves of color create a harmony within the painting, while rendering the blooms and their surroundings abstractly plays with taking a traditional subject matter and showing it in a contemporary way.

I’m excited to have been invited to exhibit at Studio Seven Arts in Pleasanton, CA. If you’d like to see or find out more details about Nature’s Brushstrokes V, please check them out:

Studio Seven Arts Gallery

400 Main Street
Pleasanton, CA
 

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on my birch and aspen tree oil paintings.

To see more of my contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

 

New Poppies Painting by Palette Knife Artist Niki Gulley

September 24, 2020

 

“Pops of Color II”  ©2020 Niki Gulley • 12″ x 12″ textured mixed media painting on 1.5″ gallery wrap canvas with the painting continuing around the edges

This is part of a new series of paintings that I am doing that incorporates a couple of different techniques, from thicker paint applied with palette knife along with drips and swirls. This gives the painting even more of a 3D feel that just comes alive and jumps off the page. 
 
If you’re interested in purchasing this painting or seeing the texture in larger detail, just follow this link https://www.nikigulley.com/pops-of-color-ii/.
 

To see more of my contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

 

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“Pops of Color” Poppy Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

September 23, 2020

  

“Pops of Color”  ©2020 Niki Gulley • 12″ x 12″ textured mixed media painting on 1.5″ gallery wrap canvas with the painting continuing around the edges

This is part of a new series of paintings that I am doing that incorporates a couple of different techniques, from thicker paint applied with palette knife along with drips and swirls. This gives the painting even more of a 3D feel that just comes alive and jumps off the page. 

 
If you’re interested in purchasing this painting or seeing the texture in larger detail, just follow this link https://www.nikigulley.com/pops-of-color/.
 
To see more of my contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings, visit nikigulley.com.
 
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New Poppy Field Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

May 21, 2020
Daily Painting #19
 
“Floral Radiance” #1 ©2020 Niki Gulley
8″ x 5.5″ textured mixed media on canvas, mounted to Gatorboard
I have been so fortunate to be able to search for gorgeous poppy fields for myself to paint and my husband to photograph while visiting Italy. That explosion of red just makes my heart leap! I hope you, too, feel the excitement and joy of being surrounded by all of this ruby beauty.

 

If you’re interested in purchasing this painting and seeing a close up of its thick texture, just follow this link https://www.nikigulley.com/floral-radiance-1/.

If interested in framing options, please e-mail me.

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New “Peaceful Poppies” Palette Knife Painting by Niki Gulley

July 23, 2018
“Peaceful Poppies” ©2018 Niki Gulley
SOLD • 11″ x 14” textured oil painting, framed in espresso

Just Sold! I was particularly drawn to this peaceful scene with the calm waters in the distance and the happy clouds drifting by overhead. The explosion of crimson from the poppies was so vibrant and beautiful that I had to capture the moment. Working with palette knife and thick oil paint, this painting is loaded with texture, color and movement. I hope you, too, can feel a sense of peace and joy when you gaze into this landscape.

To see more of my contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

New “Peaceful Poppies” Palette Knife Painting by Niki Gulley

March 19, 2018
“Peaceful Poppies” ©2018 Niki Gulley
 11″ x 14” textured oil painting, framed in espresso

I was particularly drawn to this peaceful scene with the calm waters in the distance and the happy clouds drifting by overhead. The explosion of crimson from the poppies was so vibrant and beautiful that I had to capture the moment. Working with palette knife and thick oil paint, this painting is loaded with texture, color and movement. I hope you, too, can feel a sense of peace and joy when you gaze into this landscape.

To see more of my contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

 
E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on my wildflower and poppy field oil paintings.
 

Textured Poppy Painting “Dreams Revisited”

June 24, 2011

“Dreams Revisted” ©2011 Niki Gulley
36” x 48” textured acrylic on canvas

In this painting I wanted to create a dream-like feeling using one of my favorite flowers, the poppy, so I chose to paint this landscape at dusk as the sun is starting to set over the distant hills to add to that mood. I love the wildflower masses in the foreground creating waves of color, and the curving shapes adding to the sense of tranquility. I was mesmerized what the cinematography in the movie “What Dreams May Come” and my painting reminded me a little of those magical graphics, so I decided to title my piece the same.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on my textured oil aspen and birch tree paintings.

Plein Air Painting Workshop – Tuscany

August 30, 2010

“Poppy Passion” ©2010 Niki Gulley
18″ x 36″ oil painting

Our upcoming workshop that we’re teaching in Tuscany makes me think about the gorgeous poppy fields blooming along the rolling Italian hills in springtime. To think that such a delicate flower can produce that powerful explosion of color when planted in mass boggles my senses. Seeing that sudden burst of intense orange or red against the azure blue sky after miles of green countryside is quite amazing. I love how complimentary colors, like blue and orange, vibrate when placed next to each other and I wanted to communicate that beauty and excitement in “Poppy Passion,” while reliving some of my favorite vacation memories from Tuscany – the warmth of the people, the beauty of the rolling hills and vineyards, the delicious, savory slow-grown food and wine and enjoying the laid-back, smell-the-roses time with my loved ones.

If you like to see “Poppy Passion” in person and you’re in the Chicago area, stop by my booth #89 at the Oakbrook Fine Art Invitational this weekend. Visit oakbrookcenter.com for more information or check.

If you’d like to find out more about our upcoming Painting & Photography Workshops in Europe, go to nikigulley.com/?page_id=13 or e-mail me at [email protected] for more information. Our September Tuscany workshop is full, but we’re taking names for  next May to Greece and Tuscany in September.

Poppy Fields Oil Painting at Southlake Art in the Square – this weekend

April 19, 2010

“What Dreams May Come” ©2010 Niki Gulley
Oil on canvas • 36” x 48”

In this painting I wanted to create a dream-like feel using one of my favorite flowers, the poppy, so I chose to paint this landscape at dusk as the sun is starting to set over the distant hills to add to that mood. I love the wildflower masses in the foreground creating waves of color, and the curving shapes adding to the sense of tranquility. I was mesmerized watching the cinematography in the movie “What Dreams May Come” and my painting reminded me a little of those magical graphics, so I decided to title my piece the same.

I’ll be displaying “What Dreams May Come” and several other new paintings at Southlake’s Art in the Square this weekend. I hope you can stop by and visit. For more information, see artinthesquare.com.

Or e-mail me at [email protected].