Tag: Texas wildflowers

“Spring’s Majesty,” Texas Hill Country – New Bluebonnet painting by Niki Gulley

March 28, 2014
“Spring’s Majesty, Texas Hill Country” ©2014 Niki Gulley
18″ x 36″ textured painting

“Spring’s Majesty” was inspired by a trip to the Texas Hill Country when the bluebonnets were in full splendor. While we were near Fredericksburg, we took a scenic drive along the Willow City Look and as we approached the top of a hill about half way around, we were greeted by this gorgeous view of the rolling hills colored with bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush in full bloom. Then, to top it off the sun was setting in the distance casting its golden glow and backlighting the wildflowers. I had to capture the magical moment, enhancing the kaleidoscope of colors in the sky and along the ground. Arranging clouds, the road and rows of bluebonnets in rhythmic sweeping shapes, create a harmonious landscape that flows with light, texture and color, and suggest a feeling of optimism about what’s to come.

“Spring’s Majesty” is available through the Good Art Company gallery, goodartcompany.com/gac/.
E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her Texas bluebonnet paintings.


To see more of Gulley’s contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings, visit NikiGulley.com.

“Spring’s Approach” New Texas Bluebonnet painting by Niki Gulley

March 21, 2014

“Spring’s Approach,” Texas Hill Country ©2014 Niki Gulley
24″ x 12″ textured oil painting on wrap around canvas
Pictured in espresso floater frame

These Texas bluebonnets were inspired from a trip to the Willow City Loop outside of Fredericksburg one spring when the fields were particularly colorful and beautiful. Painted with palette knife and thick oil paint, the finished painting is loaded with color, texture and energy!

For more information on my Texas bluebonnet and wildflower paintings, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

To see more of Gulley’s palette knife landscape paintings, check out NikiGulley.com.

To find out more about upcoming Plein Air Painting Workshops and Art Treks, visit nikigulley.com/artreks.

Just Sold – “Spring’s Glory, Texas Hill Country”

June 4, 2012
“Spring’s Glory, Texas Hill Country” ©2012 Niki Gulley
SOLD • 48″ x 30″ textured painting on wrap around canvasJust Sold!”Spring’s Glory” was inspired by a recent trip to the Texas Hill Country. This spring conditions were perfect, and the bluebonnets were amazing! While we were near Fredericksburg, we took a scenic drive along the Willow City Look and as we approached the top of a hill about half way around, we were greeted by this gorgeous view of the rolling hills and bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush in full bloom. Then, to top it off the sun was setting in the distance casting its golden glow and backlighting the wildflowers. I had to capture the magical moment, enhancing the kaleidoscope of colors in the sky and along the ground. Arranging clouds, the road and rows of bluebonnets in rhythmic sweeping shapes, create a harmonious landscape that flows with light, texture and color, and suggest a feeling of optimism about what’s to come.

 

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her Texas bluebonnet paintings.

New Impressionistic Bluebonnet Painting

April 13, 2012
“Azure Glory” ©2012 Niki Gulley
24″ x 12″ textured oil painting
A gorgeous spring day in Texas, with the bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush and Texas wildflowers in full bloom, and just a few white fluffy clouds in the sky. This Texas hill country scene is painted with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives so that in person, the canvas is loaded with texture, color and movement to create a contemporary impressionistic twist on the traditional Texas wildflower painting!

To see more of my bluebonnet and Texas paintings, visit nikigulley.com/the-art/texas/texas.

Or if you’re in the Austin, Texas area this weekend, please stop by my booth and check out my latest paintings at Art City Austin.

Art City Austin
Sat. April 14 • 10am – 6pm
Sun. April 15 • 11am – 6pm
Austin, TX • Booth #528
on Cesar Chavez, near San Antonio

For more information, e-mail Niki Gulley.

New Textured Sunflower oil painting by Niki Gulley

March 16, 2012
“Sun Drenched II” ©2012 Niki Gulley
30″ x 48″ • textured oil on cavan

Inspired by our trip to Provence last summer, I was awestruck by these massive fields of sunflowers blooming. Seeing this brilliant carpet of gold, with its sea of faces smiling towards the sun, just made me feel happy and I wanted you to experience that joy, too. In person “Sun Drenched II” practically leaps off the canvas with its vibrant yellow petals and extremely thick three-dimensional oil paint.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured floral paintings.
Or, to see more of her work, stop by her booth at Artscape this weekend.
Fri. March 16th • 9am – 5pm
 Sat. March 17th • 9am – 5pm
 Sun. March 18th • 9am – 5pm
 Dallas Arboretum • 8617 Garland Rd.
http://www.dallasarboretum.org/artscape

If you would like to join us in May for our next ArtTrek to Paris, France, or to Tuscany in September and see Italy’s sunflowers in person, visit nikigulley.com/artreks, which goes into detail about our upcoming Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshops. We’d love to have you join us!

“Blue Tomorrow” textured bluebonnet painting by Niki Gulley

February 28, 2012
“Blue Tomorrow” ©2012 Niki Gulley

36″ x 48″ textured oil on canvas

Just Finished! Inspired by a trip to the hill country, I wanted you feel the warmth and beauty on this perfect spring day while out for a leisurely drive among the bluebonnets and Texas wildflowers. Painted with thick oil paint and palette knives to achieve extreme texture, the resulting image comes to life and is loaded with color and energy.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured oil paintings.
Or, visit NikiGulley.com to see more of her contemporary bluebonnet and Texas landscape paintings.

Bluebonnets & Texas Wildflowers painting by Niki Gulley

September 7, 2011

“Texas Treats IV” ©2011 Niki Gulley
SOLD • 12″ x 12″ oil painting on canvas
Just Sold! I painted these Texas bluebonnets & Indian Blanket with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives to achieve extreme texture so that the image comes to life and leaps off the canvas! In this wildflower painting series, I’ve painted the scene around the edges of the canvas on 1 1/2″ deep stretcher bars so that the paintings can be hung without a frame for a unique sculptural effect.
To see more of my bluebonnet and Texas paintings, visit NikiGulley.com /?page_id=229.
E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on my textured oil paintings.

New “Surrounded by Bluebonnets” Oil Painting

April 1, 2011

“Surrounded by Bluebonnets” ©2011 Niki Gulley
12″ x 24″ oil painting
A beautiful bluebonnet display from Ennis, Texas. I loved the contrast of the bright red barn against the sea of blue wildflowers and the azure skies above.
To see “Surrounded by Bluebonnets” and more of my Texas inspired oil paintings, stop by my booth at Art City Austin, the premier juried outdoor art festival in Austin, TX, April 2-3. I’ll be at booth #328 – on Cesar Chavez St. between San Antonio & Guadalupe Streets. Visit artallianceaustin.org/art_city_austin.html for details.
E-mail Niki Gulley for more information.

New Bluebonnet Oil Painting

August 13, 2010

“Rhapsody in Blue” ©2010 Niki Gulley
Oil on canvas • 30” x 40”

When I was a teenager my great aunts and grandmother moved to Texas and we would come down to visit them when we got the chance. I remember the first time I saw a massive field of bluebonnets and I was awestruck by the expanse of color and amazed that such tiny flowers when in mass could actually look like a large lake from a distance. I wanted to relive those family memories and recreate the exciting explosion of azure and crimson in Rhapsody in Blue, taking this cool weathered farm house in Marble Falls and painting it engulfed in one of our best bluebonnet and Indian Paintbrush displays.

Rhapsody in Blue has been chosen as the signature painting for my upcoming exhibition at the Frisco Municipal Complex, in honor of winning Best in Show at Frisco’s Arts in the Square. Located at 6101 Frisco Square Blvd., Frisco, TX 75034, I will be exhibiting 20 of my newest oil paintings for the month of September. Here is my interview in Frisco Style Magazine about the upcoming show and some background on myself and my paintings, friscostyle.com/index.php/component/content/article/43/189-august-2010-issue. I hope if you’re near Frisco, you can stop in and see the exhibit!

E-mail me at [email protected] for more information.