Golden Aspen 36x48 Oil on Canvas Mark Malone

This is another foray into my Aspen Series. I really like the way this piece turned out. When painting it, I mistakenly picked up a tube of burnt sienna instead of Van Dyke Brown when working on the trunks. I realized my mistake pretty quickly, but liked the way it was coming together. Frequently, I will have such happy little accidents. This piece has been accepted for entry into the Artists of Texas show this fall at The Dutch Art Gallery, here in Dallas. Wish me luck!

Contemporary Aspens by Texas artist Kay Wyne

Contemporary Aspens

48" x 48" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This painting has thick textured paint all over...on the sky, leaves and trees.

I used the palette knife to apply the oils.  

Please contact Kay if you are interested in this painting, or any of   her art.  

Thank you for viewing....kay@kwyne.com

Revised and finished... Aspen Series IV 36x48 Oil on Canvas Mark Malone

I made a few changes to this piece. I brought the height of the tress in the center up and covered some of the trunks with foliage. It was done with lots of impasto and for the most part using a palette knife. It is gallery wrapped and painted on the sides, so no frame is necessary.

Aspen Whimsy 3/Pink, Original Contemporary Abstract Aspen Tree Painting, 12x16x1 1/2 Gallery Wrapped Canvas by Colorado Abstract Artist Kimberly Conrad

Original "poured" painting on 12x16x1 1/2 gallery wrapped canvas. The paint flow continues around the sides for a beautiful finish..ready to hang.
Contact Kimberly at kkconrad2@aol.com

"Autumn Splendor" textured aspen tree painting by Niki Gulley

“Autumn Splendor” ©2011 Niki Gulley

36” x 48” textured oil on wrap around canvas

Shimmering colors of autumn: Aspen trees quiver, their light graceful leaves tremble and quake, silver and gold, silver and gold with each light breeze.

There is the quiet energy of change coming and vibrant color charges the woods. Crisp fall mountain air, clean bright skies overhead, a band of slender straight trucks cut bright strokes of white against a dazzling tumble of green, crimson and gold.

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

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"Rushing Desires" oil painting by Niki Gulley

“Rushing Desires” ©2011 Niki Gulley

SOLD • 60” x 36” textured oil on canvas

Just Sold! Charging down its stone cut course, torrents of water rush through grey boulders past green and gold bracken. Headlong and unrestrained the waters crash downstream, while above they splash into the airy distance a glowing, hazy tiara of misty sunlight. Thick brushstrokes of radiant oils define the powerful landscape carrying your eye through a complex composition of dynamic diagonals cleaved with the vertical cascade, caressed with a delicate crossing of gold dusted branches. A painting of power and energy balanced by graceful strokes of beauty, I wanted “Rushing Desires” to be about texture, movement, mystery and the cathartic feeling in nature.

To see more of Niki Gulley’s textured oil paintings, visit NikiGulley.com,

Or, e-mail Niki Gulley for more information on her contemporary landscapes.

Aspen Series IV 36x48 Oil on Canvas

I do not know why I felt compelled to put in a rock formation on the right, but I did. The jury is out on this one.

Aspen Cathedral 48x72 Oil on Canvas Mark Malone

This is the first of my Aspen Paintings. It is currently at One Artist Road Fine Art Gallery in Santa Fe.

Wild For You by Kay Wyne

Wild For You

48" x 30" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

kay@kwyne.com for more information...

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Aspen Series III 48x72 Oil on Canvas Mark Malone

Wandering Through by Kay Wyne

Wandering Through

Contemporary Aspen Painting

18" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Framed in a handsome black floater frame. Please contact Kay if you are interested in this colorful painting...or any of my other pieces of art.

Thanks for viewing this blog! Kay at kay@kwyne.com

"Aqua Dreams" textured oil painting by Niki Gulley

“Aqua Dreams” ©2011 Niki Gulley

36” x 60” textured oil on canvas

When we arrived at this tranquil spot, the early morning light was very cool in color, but as the sun began to rise from the horizon, it shone this beautiful warm light that shimmered on the water’s surface and cast its hope of what was to come from the brand new day. I remember the peacefulness I felt in that moment, and a sense that anything was possible. In Aqua Dreams, by showing the contrast in the cool aqua/blues in the foreground waters against the warm golden glow on the distant pond’s edge, I wanted to share that feeling of hope and promise communicated by nature.

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

Or, to see more of her artwork, go to NikiGulley.com.

New Textured Birch Painting by Niki Gulley

"Colorful Transformation" ©2011 by Niki Gulley
textured oil painting • 36" x 48"

Rather than create an exact replica of the forest, I wanted to focus on brilliant color and simple shapes to see if I could communicate the excitement I feel when surrounded by nature. Using energetic diagonal strokes and thick, textured paint, I hope you get a sense of the motion in the leaves and the power of nature to invigorate your spirit. I just love how this piece captured that essence!

For more information on this birch painting, e-mail me at Niki Gulley.

Or, to see more of my contemporary landscape paintings, go to NikiGulley.com.