Purple Poppy Flower Garden Painting by Texas Artist Nancy Medina

Purple Poppy Garden by Nancy Medina
24X24
Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
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Purple Poppy Garden is a new work in the studio, as I prep a canvas for a new iris garden commission. I'll share that new painting with you soon, hopefully very soon, since I spent most of the day yesterday getting my studio organized again after the art show at the Dallas Arboretum. We had a bit of rain and chill here in Dallas, exactly one day after the Artscape show ended. The stars aligned to give us sunny weather, and delay the drenching by exactly enough hours to ensure we had a successful show! To see some flower photos from the show and the Dallas Blooms festival in the gardens, visit my art blog today.

Clear Blue Sky by Kay Wyne

Clear Blue Sky

This painting is traveling today....it is going to the Adieb Khadoure Fine Art Gallery in Santa Fe. This 36" x 36" contemporary oil painting was featured in an ad in Southwest Art magazine recently. I completed a commission yesterday, and started some new paintings. More posts tomorrow.....Thanks, Kay

Verbena floral watercolor

22x15 watercolor floral of a dark red macro verbena bloom.  I added more flowers and leaves to the background for interest as most species of verbena grow together closely.

Sunset over Mary's Creek by Sheri Jones

Sunset over Mary's Creek

24x36 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

I painted this in the studio from several field studies. It is always a good reminder of time spent out in the field capturing the light. It was good to spend time developing this large painting. 

I painting this with a palette knife and lots of colorful paint. This painting is available for purchase.$1200.00

Sheri@sheriart.net

www.sheriart.blogspot.com

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Bluebonnets by David Forks

Bluebonnets by David Forks

Oil on panel, 16"x20"

Nothing says Texas more than a field of Oak trees and Bluebonnets.

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Once Upon a Time Red Geranium Oil Painting and Dallas Arboretum Artscape

Once Upon a Time Geraniums
by Nancy Medina
10X10
Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
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Once Upon a Time Geraniums is my first dip back into the paints after a very eventful week at the Dallas Arboretum, setting up my tent, and holding an outdoor art show in the most beautiful gardens in North Texas. Artscape was held March 16-18, three full days, and was my most successful show ever! To everyone who came out to support me, a thousand thank yous. I think the highlight of the show was meeting a little lady with beautiful red hair who has been an award winning flower painter for years who says she cannot wait to take my workshop. I promised her we are going to paint fast and loose and have fun. Life is too short to spend three hours painting a vase! I am a firm believer that painting should not feel like work.

I will be sharing lots of photos from the Dallas Arboretum Blooms Festival and Artscape with you over the next few weeks, so stay tuned to my art blog! This journey has been a joy, because you have been with me every step of the way.

"Heightened Awareness" - New aspen painting by Niki Gulley

“Heightened Awareness II" ©2012 Niki Gulley

48" x 36" textured oil on canvas

In this painting I wanted you to feel that child-like wonder of staring up in into the treetops and the heavens above. Choosing vibrant, cheerful yellows and reds contrasted against a cobalt blue sky and arranging the aspens in a circular pattern heightened by thick, curving paint strokes, all add to that joyful, playful feeling of hope and discovery

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

Or, to see her work in person this weekend, stop by
Art@the Domain in Austin, TX.
Friday, March 23 • noon – 7pm
Saturday, March 24 • 10am – 7pm
Sunday, March 25 • noon – 6pm
Austin, TX
The Domain Shopping Center at 11410 Century Oaks Terrace off MoPac
artatthedomain.com

Visit NikiGulley.com to find out more.

Swans, Black Point - Thaw Malin iii

"Swans, Black Point", this is a small painting, 6" x 8", oil on canvas panel.

The swans were so white out in the landscape that I couldn't ignore them. They added an uplifting feeling to the end of the day...

If you'd like to purchase, please click Go to my Auction, bidding starts at $100.00 US.

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Pink Roses by Sheri Jones

Pink Roses

8x10 oil on canvas

I painted this at the Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens on Thursday.  The children are always so excited to see us out painting I often ask for their help.  This little one was applying a bit of green. She looked so happy to help out.

This is available for purchase. $200.00

Sheri @sheriart.net

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***I'm happy to announce I am the
"Featured Artist"
Friday, March 23, 2012
5:30-7:00
Rising Stars Gallery Spring Show

Mineral Wells, Texas
She will have a lot of my botanical pieces.
Come out and check it out.
Sheri@sheriart.net
www.sheriart.net
www.sheriart.blogspot.com
 

Dragonfly Dreaming II - SOLD! by Kay Wyne

Dragonfly Dreaming II - SOLD!

36" x 36" Original Oil on Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

This painting sold yesterday, and I am varnishing today and getting ready to ship to the east coast. We have had some interesting conversations about this painting at the studio....there are fish floating around on this canvas, and several other images that appear when the imagination allows you. I am thrilled that this contemporary abstract is going to a new home! Kay at 214-532-0325 or kay@kwyne.com

Cockatoo named Karma

15x11 watercolor of a friend's tropical bird in her lush environment.
Email me kay1971smith@aol.com for more information.

Tulips at the Aboretum by Sheri Jones

Tulips at the Aboretum 

7x14 oil on canvas

This was the second painting I did at the Dallas Aboretum on Tuesday.  It was a real treat to be outside painting in such a beautiful place. The temperatures were in the low seventies and with low winds.

  This painting is available for purchase. $250.00

Sheri@sheriart.net

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Oil Paintings with Expressions and Attitude of Women by Anthony A. González

"Because It Is"

Oil on Linen 12" x 9"

by

Anthony A. González

I've painted this model in many of my paintings.

She has worked well and has a presence that has

made my work much better. But then I think all

my models have great presence. The success of

the painting is largely because of my models.

email: Anthony A. González

If you have any questions or would like a portrait of

you or a loved one email me at:

Anthony A. González

Visit my website and blog to see more works:

website: www.obra-de-gonzalez.com

blog: www.anthonyagonzalez.blogspot.com

ARTIST

ANTHONY A. GONZÁLEZ

SPRING BRANCH, TEXAS

YELLOW ROSES OF TEXAS BY STILL LIFE ARTIST PAT MEYER

11 x 14 Original Oil on Linen

SOLD

These beautiful Texas Roses just grow so well in the garden and seem to be dancing with delight.

The glow of their colors  are a feast to your eyes.  May you be dancing with delight and may you find your easel friendly.

Let Me Paint Something for You

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New Textured Sunflower oil painting by Niki Gulley

"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!

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Lucky Pink Stockings by Judy Crowe

Lucky Pink Stockings 20x16

A couple of weeks ago, I was at our portrait session and this young woman sat for us.  She had all this great Western Wear on but when she got into her pose, we noticed her pink stockings.  Well, I used to have a friend that always told us when we went out to paint that we should wear our purple power painting pants!  I started to name this painting when I finished it Pink Power stockings.  Naming a painting is the hardest thing!  Thanks for visiting my blog!!

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You Are Invited - Artscape at the Dallas Arboretum by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Today was a big day at the Dallas Arboretum as we set up our tents in the Pecan Grove in preparation for Artscape. The show opens tomorrow morning bright and early, and runs from March 16-18, from 9 am to 5 pm each day.

Look for me in Booth 44.

Because of the popularity of the art show, we will be open three full days for the first time, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For that special someone in your life who is a flower fanatic like me (and perhaps needs medication), this is the absolute best time to visit, while all the tulips and cherry blossoms and flowers are in bloom. Be sure to arrive at 9 am for the best parking. I can't wait to see you there!

Click here for a tour of the gardens

This morning's tulips at the Dallas Arboretum!

Aboretum View by Sheri Jones

Aboretum View 

8x10 oil on Raymar canvas panel

I met Joyce Thomas, Doug Clark, Cece Turner, Dan Spangler and David Tripp at the Aboretum in Dallas yesterday. The gardens were at their prime and just beautiful. The gray cloudy skies really make the colors pop.  The range of color was exciting. 

 The painting is available for purchase. $200.00

Sheri@sheriart.net

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Copper Tree commissioned oil painting by Niki Gulley

“Copper Tree" ©2012 Niki Gulley

SOLD • 48" x 36" textured oil on canvas

Just shipped last week! This commission was for a couple of my collectors who had seen this gorgeous copper tree on a trip to Alaska. The bark actually sparkled in the sunlight like a copper penny, and they asked me to recreate that shimmer in my sculptural oil technique from a child's like perspective of looking up into the treetops. The final painting is full of texture, color and whimsy, and looks great in the pictures they shared with me of it hung in their beautiful Colorado home.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her textured landscape oil paintings.

Or, to see her work in person this weekend, stop by Artscape at the Dallas Arboretum.
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

Visit NikiGulley.com find out more.

Spring Fever Container Garden and Dallas Arboretum Artscape

Spring Fever Hydrangeas and Stargazer Lilies
by Nancy Medina
36X48
Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
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Spring Fever is the newest container garden in the studio. I bet you wondered if the pugs and I had dropped off the face of the earth there for a few days, since I have not posted here in almost a week! We've been working hard here in the studio, painting and tagging and framing until midnight every night, preparing for Artscape at the Dallas Arboretum this weekend. Artscape will open at 9 am Friday, March 16, and end on Sunday at 5 pm. I'll be the gal with the streak of magenta in her hair, through absolutely no fault of my hairdresser. You might be able to guess how that got there... I would love to see you in the gardens this weekend!

Studio assistant Howard Pee Pugpants posing with the flowers...