"Coming Home" New Palette Knife Painting from Tuscany by Niki Gulley

  

"Coming Home" ©2023 Niki Gulley

20" x 10" textured acrylic painting on canvas panel

Inspired by our travels to Italy, cypress trees rise out of the vast open landscape signaling that you have arrived in Tuscany! Perched on a hilltop with the best views of the surrounding valleys, this villa is set against the perfect backdrop for a romantic escape. The long curving driveway and undulating wheatfields draw your eye back through the rolling hills. Beautiful, billowing clouds drift overhead.  Early morning light casts dramatic shadows creating a rhythm beckoning you to journey up the drive, guiding you to your new getaway you can call home. 

To see more of my travel location paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

Or, E-mail Niki Gulley for more details.

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New "Laundry Day II" Oil Painting by Contemporary Impressionist Niki Gulley

 

"Laundry Day II" ©2022 Niki Gulley

5" x 7" textured oil painting 

I had to capture this laundry drying with a cool morning breeze set against a peeling paint backdrop in the back canals of Venice. Dramatic lighting made the sheets glow in the morning sun. I love the rich colors Europeans paint their houses!

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And, if you'd like to join us on one of our upcoming Art Treks, please let me know. 

These workshops are filling up quickly, so we encourage you to register soon!

2023 Schedule

Venice - Carnivalé 

Art Trek - Feb. 12-18

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Tuscany

Foodie Trek - May 27 - June 3

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Provence

Art Trek - June 24- July 1

2024 Schedule

Spain

Foodie Trek - March  

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Portugal

Art Trek - March 

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Iceland

Art Trek - August

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Tuscany 

Foodie Trek - October

For more information on upcoming Art Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.

"Windows on the World" Oil Painting by Niki Gulley from Tuscany

"Windows on the World" ©2022 Niki Gulley

9" x 12" textured oil painting on panel

You can almost imagine what the view must be like when you throw open the shutters and greet the morning as the scene unfolds below you.

If you're interested in purchasing this painting, just follow this link nikigulley.com/windows-on-the-world/.

E-mail me at Niki@NikiGulley.com for more information.

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If you're interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.  

2023 Schedule

Venice - Carnivalé 

Art Trek - Feb. 12-18

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Provence

Art Trek - June 24- July 1

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Tuscany

Foodie Trek - May 27 - June 3

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New England

Art Trek - Oct. 10-15

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New "Guiding Us Home" Oil Painting by Niki Gulley at Seaside Gallery

"Guiding Us Home" ©2019 Niki Gulley

16" x 12" textured oil painting

Inspired by our travels to Italy, cypress trees rise out of the vast open landscape signaling that you have arrived in Tuscany! Nestled in a valley with its long arbor-lined driveway, this villa is set against the perfect backdrop for a romantic escape. Undulating rows of wheatfields and vineyards draw your eye back through the rolling hills and beautiful billowing clouds drift overhead.  Late day sunlight casts dramatic shadows creating a rhythm beckoinging you to journey down the drive, guiding you home.

"Guiding Us Home" is hanging at Seaside Gallery in Pismo Beach, CA. If you are interested in purchasing or more details, please contact them at:

Seaside Gallery

580 Cypress Street

Pismo Beach, California

(805) 773-8057

theseasidegallery.com

To see more of my travel location paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

Or, E-mail Niki Gulley for more details.

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If you're interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!

Greece - May 2020

Iceland  - Sept. 2020

Tuscany Foodie Trek  - Oct. 2020

For more information on upcoming Art Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.

Boats, Water, Italy, Gondola, Original Palette Knife Oil Painting“ Three Gondolas“ by Texas Artist Debra Hurd

 36"x24"x1.75" Oil on Canvas/Sold

 Commissions welcome.

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New "Guiding Us Home" Oil Painting by Niki Gulley at Seaside Gallery

"Guiding Us Home" ©2019 Niki Gulley

16" x 12" textured oil painting

Inspired by our travels to Italy, cypress trees rise out of the vast open landscape signaling that you have arrived in Tuscany! Nestled in a valley with its long arbor-lined driveway, this villa is set against the perfect backdrop for a romantic escape. Undulating rows of wheatfields and vineyards draw your eye back through the rolling hills and beautiful billowing clouds drift overhead.  Late day sunlight casts dramatic shadows creating a rhythm beckoinging you to journey down the drive, guiding you home.

"Guiding Us Home" is hanging at Seaside Gallery in Pismo Beach, CA. If you are interested in purchasing or more details, please contact them at:

Seaside Gallery

580 Cypress Street

Pismo Beach, California

(805) 773-8057

theseasidegallery.com

To see more of my travel location paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

Or, E-mail Niki Gulley for more details.

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If you're interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!

Scotland - Aug. 2019

Tuscany Foodie Trek  - Oct. 2019

Greece - May 2020

Iceland  - Sept. 2020

For more information on upcoming Art Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.

New "Guiding Us Home" Oil Painting by Niki Gulley at Seaside Gallery

"Guiding Us Home" ©2019 Niki Gulley

16" x 12" textured oil painting

Inspired by our travels to Italy, cypress trees rise out of the vast open landscape signaling that you have arrived in Tuscany! Nestled in a valley with its long arbor-lined driveway, this villa is set against the perfect backdrop for a romantic escape. Undulating rows of wheatfields and vineyards draw your eye back through the rolling hills and beautiful billowing clouds drift overhead.  Late day sunlight casts dramatic shadows creating a rhythm beckoinging you to journey down the drive, guiding you home.

"Guiding Us Home" is hanging at Seaside Gallery in Pismo Beach, CA. If you are interested in purchasing or more details, please contact them at:

Seaside Gallery

580 Cypress Street

Pismo Beach, California

(805) 773-8057

theseasidegallery.com

To see more of my travel location paintings, visit nikigulley.com.

Or, E-mail Niki Gulley for more details.

***

If you're interested in joining us on one of our upcoming Art Treks or Foodie Treks, please let us know. Spaces fill up quickly!

Venice, Italy Carnival - Feb. 2019

Scotland - Aug. 2019

Foodie Trek - Tuscany - Oct. 2019 - Only 1 Spot left!

For more information on upcoming Art Treks, please visit http://www.ArtTreks.org.

Village Landscape Art Italy, Houses, Italian Architecture Tuscan Landscape by Debra Hurd

28"x22" Palette Knife Oil on Canvas

 This painting is SOLD, but commissions are welcome.

 Click HERE for pricing on commissions and sizes available

 Visit http://DebraHurd.com to view more of my work.

 Visit my Daily Painters Gallery HERE

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Gondola Painting,Canal,Italy Art , Landscape "3 Gondolas" by Texas Artist Debra Hurd

 36"x24" Palette Knife Oil Painting

 This painting is SOLD, but Commissions Are Welcome!!

 Click HERE for pricing on commissions.

 Visit http://DebraHurd.com to view more of my work.

 Visit my Daily Painters Gallery HERE

 Visit my BLOG

Amethyst Ballet and Italy 2016 - Nancy Medina Art

Amethyst Ballet

by Nancy Medina

20X16
Oil on Deep Gallery Wrap Canvas
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My iris garden is blooming and it's almost the end of December. Each morning I awaken, expecting the cold to stop this unexpected spell of blossoms, and more and more flowers are opening. I've decided to see this bounty as a gift from my newest guardian angel, my Mother. Thanks Mom, for the beauty!

I'm super excited to be the first painting artist to join the Vita Verde team for a destination workshop to Sant'Angelo in Vado, Italy. You are invited, flower friends, to join me in the heart of Italy for open air markets, wine tastings, a day trip to the Adriatic Sea, and all the art and culture your heart desires. You can learn more and see the movie highlights on my web site. Early bird discounts are good until the end of the year so don't delay! Click here for the movie!

Paint Brilliant Italy

June 26-June 2, 2016

Sant'Angelo in Vado With Nancy Medina

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A Texan's Viewpoint on the European Kiss ~ White Tulips ~ Nancy Medina Art Classes and Workshops

The Kiss - White Tulips

by Nancy Medina

16X16

Oil on Deep Gallery Wrap Canvas

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There is just something about that European greeting, the kiss, that always takes me by surprise. Not that I don't like it, I could get used to it, but being a gal from Texas, we were taught "The Hug" rather than "The Kiss" and so going in for the hug and suddenly getting lips on your cheek is like discovering you're doing the Cotton Eyed Joe when your partner was intent on the Texas Two Step. It's really just a different point of view on a greeting, and one that is much warmer, even than a hug. Like I said, I could get used to this whole European thing! And it's a good thing, since my France workshop is coming up in August. Mon cher, I must pack again soon!

For now I'm finally back on Texas time, the unending rains have cut off the main road into and out of Flower Mound, and I'm so thankful, yet again, to be a work at home artist! We're not paddling around in boats, though it sure looks like it from the national news. Not to worry, I have plenty of Dove chocolate and crackers and cheese. I can hold up literally for days on such awesome rations!  

Here's a new video I created for you - break out the popcorn and enjoy a view of my workshop in Tuscany last week! Next stop, France! 

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The studio models take a bow!

Escape to Southern France!

August 4-14, 2015

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Thunder in Tuscany and 1000 Years of Prayer - Flower Painting Classes and Workshops

Thunder Red Geraniums

by Nancy Medina

16X12

Oil on Archival Linen

Class Demonstration, Tuscany, Italy

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Thunder rolled across the Tuscan hills last night, blasting light in bolts that shook the ground and threw out the power for a short time during our dinner hour at San Fedele in the Chianti region of Italy. We grabbed our wine glasses, cameras, and other valuables from tables on terraces overlooking vineyards and ran into the chapel to escape a drenching rain. As black clouds moved quickly across hills that had seen the boots of the Gestapo, the soft tread of monks, and the footprints of local farmers, it seemed only fitting to find sanctuary in a place where prayer had been given for 1000 years.

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The view from my window

Salute from Tuscany!

The classroom models

take a bow!

Gondola Painting,Canal,Italy Art , Landscape "3 Gondolas" by Texas Artist Debra Hurd

 36"x24" Palette Knife Oil Painting

 This painting is SOLD, but Commissions Are Welcome!!

 Click HERE for pricing on commissions.

 Visit http://DebraHurd.com to view more of my work.

 Visit my Daily Painters Gallery HERE

 Visit my BLOG

Gondola Painting,Canal,Italy Art , Landscape "3 Gondolas" by Texas Artist Debra Hurd

 36"x24" Palette Knife Oil Painting

 This painting is SOLD, but Commissions Are Welcome!!

 Click HERE for pricing on commissions.

 Visit http://DebraHurd.com to view more of my work.

 Visit my Daily Painters Gallery HERE

 Visit my BLOG

Crescendo Poppy and Painting Under the Tuscan Sun - Flower Paintings by Nancy Medina

Crescendo Poppy 

by Nancy Medina

8X10

Oil on Archival Panel

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I couldn't resist painting red poppies this week, after watching one of my favorite movies again, Under the Tuscan Sun. Just knowing I'll not only be visiting here next spring, I'll be teaching during the height of poppy bloom season in June 2015, is enough to make me start counting down the days for the trip! The Tuscan Renaissance Center where we will stay is a beautifully restored 12th century monastery in the Chianti region of Tuscany. We'll have excursions and wine and olive oil tastings and trips to market and all the gelato our hearts desire - although I must say, the cheeses are just as tempting to me as the ice creamy treats! Everyone who visits assures me that despite all the nonstop eating, you don't gain an ounce, because there is so much walking and exploring. I'm practicing my Italian, too, since currently I only speak rigatoni. Fortunately, the hubby found an app where you say your phrase to your Iphone in English, and it repeats the phrase back aloud in Italian. As long as "where is the bathroom" and "where is the nearest gelato" are both at the top of the list, I think we'll be okay... 

Painting Under the Tuscan Sun

 June 6-13, 2015

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VENICE, ITALY by Linda Popple

6x6 Oil on Panel

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This was painted for Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout.  This month the location is Venice, Italy and visited through Google Street View.  It really is fun to virtually explore and paint.  Take a minute and look at the other submissions.  You just might want to join in the fun!
  

Plein Air Painting in Tuscany with Niki Gulley

"Magical Light, Tuscany" • 8" x 10" oil by Niki Gulley

ART TREKS: TUSCANY
 with Niki Gulley and Scott Williams

During our plein air painting workshop in Tuscany last September, we finished a delicious antipasto lunch of prosciuttos, local pecorino, fresh fruits and vegetables, and we headed into the hills for our afternoon painting location. Starting fairly late in the day, we timed it so that the light would be soft and golden as we were putting the finishing details on our paintings. For this painting, we focused in on one of the tuscan farmhouses, with just a suggestion of the peaks and valleys in the background. Between the quiet surroundings, the quintessential Tuscan vineyard behind us and the perfect weather conditions, this proved to be a very inspiring afternoon.

If you would like to join us on future ART TREKS to Paris, France in May, Tuscany, Italy in September, or Cinque Terre / Lake Como, Italy in September visit nikigulley.com/artreks. Registration deadline is Fri. Feb. 17th.

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To see more of my plein-air paintings, visit my website at NikiGulley.com.

"A Pause in Time," Venice pastel by Niki Gulley

“A Pause in Time” Venice, Italy ©2011 Niki Gulley

18” x 24” pastel

Mysterious, enchanted, dreamlike – Venice is a fairytale at night.

Evening has drawn its starry cloak over the city, the crowds and pigeons are gone and three women enjoy the evening at a café in Piazza San Marco.

This changeling city, this artist’s muse now is unhurried, relaxed and romantic

and this one perfect moment in time is held in artful pastels, satiated colors–rich velvet textures capture ebony/violet chairs that Peggy, Pollock or Cole Porter may have sat in,

paintings of angels from old Venice and three modern women of today complete this delicate balance in a point of time.

“Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go. ”

– Truman Capote

To see more of my pastels, please stop by my booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair this week.

State Street Area Art Fair

July 20 - July 22 • 10 am - 9 pm

Sat. July 23 • 10 am - 6pm

Ann Arbor, MI • Liberty & State St.

Booth #B212 on University between Thayer & State Streets

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E-mail Niki Gulley for more information, or visit my website at

NikiGulley.com.

Burano, Venice by Susan Moss Cooper

12x12
oil

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Plein Air Painting Venice

12" x 10" oil by Niki Gulley • SOLD

I actually completed this piece in May as part of our Plein Air / Photography Workshop that my husband, Scott Williams, and I led in Venice, Italy. We had painted several other grand locations, but decided on day three to paint a more intimate vignette of the canals. Since the whole city is on water, I love how their "garage doors" are actually for thier boats! In this painting, I wanted to focus on all of the wonderful architectural textures and age of the homes as seen in the peeling stucco, crumbling bricks and weathered wood.

To view more of my paintings from Italy and see some of my students' work from our Venice Workshop, stop by our gallery in Dallas as part of the White Rock Artists' Studio Tour, Oct. 17th & 18th. We also still have a few places open for our next Venice Workshop in May 2010, with the deadline fast approaching. We'd love to have you join us! For more information on the workshop, visit nikigulley.com/ng2/?page_id=13

To find out more about the White Rock Artists' Studio Tour, go to dallasartsrevue.com/WhiteRock.

To view my paintings from Italy, see nikigulley.com

or e-mail me for more information.