“Primary Colors,” Burano, Italy ©2014 Niki Gulley
12″ x 16″ textured oil painting
12″ x 16″ textured oil painting
We have been leading Art Treks in Venice, Italy for the past 6 years and one of the places that I look forward to most when we’re visiting is the quaint, colorful island of Burano. Known for making lace by hand, what I particular love are all of the vibrant painted houses and the reflections they cast in the canals. I feel like a kid in a candy store, not knowing what to paint first. It is such a visual feast for your eyes! I was particularly drawn to this scene with the warm reds and yellows contrasted against the vivid calm blue water, fishing boats docked for the day and some clean clothes drying in the distance.
If you’d like to join us next February in Venice for our Plein Air Painting and Photography Workshop, please let me know. For more details, e-mail Niki Gulley or go to nikigulley.com/artreks.
Upcoming ArtTreks
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, 2014
New Orleans, LA – Oct. 22-25, 2014
2015 Venice, Italy – Carnivalé – Feb. 2015 Athens and Santorini, Greece – June 26 – May 2015 The French Riviera – June 2014
Provence, France – June /July 2015
2015 Venice, Italy – Carnivalé – Feb. 2015 Athens and Santorini, Greece – June 26 – May 2015 The French Riviera – June 2014
Plein Air Painting / Photography Workshop
Led by Niki Gulley and Scott Williams
These workshops are filling up quickly, so we encourage you to register soon!
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To see more of my contemporary landscape paintings and plein air oil paintings, please visit my website at NikiGulley.com.