Original oil painting Amalfi Italy by Karen Tarlton

Amalfi Coast Italy

24x30

Oil

Painted from one of my snapshots while hanging out the car window in Italy, near Villa Scarpariello, right on the Mediterranean ocean. I love to travel, and one of my favorite towns on the Amalfi coast is Ravello. Perched on the side of a hill and reaching down to the ocean, this wonderful place offers amazing ocean views. Extra thick, expressive palette knife work and brilliant, whimsical color make this work unique!

Can you tell I am longing to go back to Italy?

It's been to long. My husband can't take any time off work this year

but I'm hoping for another trip next year.

Although time away makes the heart grow fonder they say,

and I seem to recall vivid beauty and imagery from my previous trips still!

Plein Air Painting in Tuscany with Niki Gulley

"Tuscan Countryside" ©2011 Niki Gulley

Pastel • 14" by 11" • SOLD

Rolling hills, rich loamy earth, sunflowers with heavy heads; vineyards,

each vine so cared for they almost stand at attention as roses guard each row.

A blue vault spans the heavens – take a deep breath;

walk out of your villa and smell the rich earth, the clean air –

the vitality of the Tuscan countryside –

another world, another time.

"Tuscan Countryside"captures a moment in Tuscany that you can make your own. Sign up to join Niki Gulley and Scott Williams for their Plein-Air Painting / Photography Workshop in Tuscany this September and make your own unforgettable images of Tuscany. With a registration deadline of April 9th and space filling up quickly, e-mail Niki Gulley if you'd like to join them or visit nikigulley.com/?page_id=13 for more information on the workshop.

To see more of Niki Gulley's paintings from Tuscany, stop by her booth at Art in the Square in Southlake, Texas, April 15-17. Visit artinthesquare.com/default.aspx for details.

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