White Rock Artists' Studio Tour - this weekend

"Triple Passion" ©2014 Niki Gulley

textured oil painting on wrap around canvas
Can be hung horizontally 24" x 48" or vertically 48" x 24"

I love the passion and energy in the color red, so I thought it would be fun to play with the still life I had set up of roses and make a painting where red was the dominant color.  In person, seeing these roses at life size, I wanted the viewer to be swept up in the movement and emotion of this piece. Utilizing flowing spirals, weaving back and forth, playful thick and thin paint in bold, loose strokes, ruby petals emerging and disappearing, all meant to tease the eye and excite your senses.

If you're in the Dallas area this coming weekend and you'd like to see October Rhythms and more of my palette knife paintings in person, please stop by my studio as part of the White Rock Artists' Studio Tour.

White Rock Artists Studio Tour

Sat. Oct. 11 • 10am - 5pm

Sun. Oct. 12 • 10am - 5pm

WhiteRockArtists.com

If you have any questions, please e-mail Niki Gulley.

To see more of Niki Gulley's contemporary floral paintings, visit NikiGulley.com.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...by Pamela Blaies

He Knows My Favorite Color

oil on linen

SOLD

OK - so the weather here in Texas isn't snowy, yet. But while shopping over the weekend, it was nice to hear Christmas music piping through the speakers, then more Christmas music in the car on the way home. I am excited that the Christmas season is upon us. I am also very happy to share that the painting "He Knows My Favorite Color" found a new home this past weekend!

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Tea Time by Pamela Blaies

Tea Time

Oil on Canvas

16" x 20"

Tea Time Study

14" x 17"

I blogged about the study I did for Tea Time a couple of days ago, but thought I would include the photo of it again to show a side-by-side comparison. The study was supposed to have been a quick check of composition and color, but I really got caught up and put some time into it once I got started. I love the sepia, almost antique feel of the study, but decided to make the subjects cooler in color and the background and shadows warmer for the finished painting, which is more "true to life" color.  As you can tell the flowers were fading fast and getting smaller by the day, I even had to replace the one in the middle.  Usually a study turns out to be a very loose version of my finished piece, but in this case it almost seems like two completely different paintings.

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