Aspen Artwork

My 18"x24" acrylic painting, "Winter Solstice", represents the transition between the seasons in our natural world and in our lives. The path challenges the viewer to see life as an exciting journey, even though we don't see what lies beyond. 

Both the original and a limited edition hand-embellished giclee is available on my website. CLICK HERE.  I invite you to become a collector and experience the joy of owning artwork that uplifts and inspires your soul! - Jill Saur

©1990-2012 Trees In Art by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

"Sun Drenched" textured sunflower oil painting by Niki Gulley

"Sun Drenched" ©2012 Niki Gulley

30" x 48" textured oil on canvas

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" 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 oil paintings.

Or, visit NikiGulley.com to see more of her contemporary landscape paintings.

Colorful Clouds by Kay Wyne

Colorful Clouds

36" x 18" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Original Palette Knife Painting on Heavy Duty Canvas

This medium-size canvas will look great in a room with a long and narrow vertical space. The deep vibrant colors are bouncing around....you can't tell where the clouds start and the landscape ends. The trees and leaves have thick strokes of paint...giving it a lot of texture. Please contact me if you are interested in one of my contemporary aspen paintings. Thanks for viewing this blog. Kay at kay@kwyne.com or 214-532-0325.

Trees In Art

This 12"x12" palette knife acrylic painting on wide-bordered canvas is titled, "Joy".

This piece was inspired from a photograph that I took when I was in Taos, New Mexico. I came across a pocket of light that was brilliantly streaming through the woods and reflecting in the water before me. I decided to render this with thick paint, and a palette knife. If there's just a small amount of light in the room, this painting radiates a warm glow.

"Joy", is available on my website. I invite you to become a collector. My patrons always have time to "live with" my work to be sure they're happy with their purchase. I invite you to become a collector and experience the joy of owning artwork that uplifts and inspires your soul! 

To see this painting on my website, CLICK HERE

©1990-2012 Trees In Art by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Covered In Color by Kay Wyne

Covered In Color

48" x 72" Heavy Duty Gallery Wrap Canvas

Palette Knife Painting - Original Contemporary Oil

This painting is finished and drying.

Lots of texture, vibrant colors covering the canvas.

I had so much fun painting this one...

my inspiration was the beautiful colors of the Dallas Arboretum.

Thanks for viewing...Kay at 214-532-0325

Aspen Art by Jill Saur

"Inspiration is not a sudden light from space but a compulsion born of sharpened observation and perception". - Bud Biggs, American Artist, 1906-1985

I don't paint what's popular, what other people paint, or even what I think I should paint. I paint what I'm "driven" to paint. The elements and principles of design, color theory, and technique are instruments in the symphony but they are not the conductor, I am.

Perhaps that's why I titled this 36"x48" acrylic painting, "Symphonic Twilight". In the twilight hours, I was inspired by an aspen grove in New Mexico. There was just a hint of purple and I just ran with it!  If there is just a hint of light in the room, this painting just glows.

http://www.jillsaurfineart.com/gallery-one---aspen-tree/symphonictwilight-36x48.html

©1990-2012 Aspen Art by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Last day for Two Woman Show, "Opposites Attract," at Jaycee Center for the Arts

"Fire and Gold" ©2012 Niki Gulley

oil on canvas • 36" x 48"

I love the first signs of fall – the crisp feel in the air, the crunching of leaves underfoot, the beautiful autumn colors, and being totally immersed in nature in the middle of a forest without a care in the world. In Fire and Gold I wanted to recreate that joyful feeling, choosing warm reds and yellows of autumn and using energetic strokes with my paint to heighten that mood. Building up thin transparent layers of oil paint also add to a certain glow and magic in the final piece.

To see "Fire and Gold" in person, stop by the Jaycee Center for the Arts in Irving, TX for this two woman show featuring the paintings of Niki Gulley and Elizabeth Padgett. Exhibit ends this Thursday, Feb. 23rd. 1975 Puritan Dr. between Story Rd. and MacArthur in Irving, TX.

E-mail Niki Gulley for more information.

Or, visit NikiGulley.com to see more of her contemporary landscape paintings.

Twisted by Kay Wyne

Twisted

24" x 20" Oil on Linen Gallery Wrap

Palette Knife Painting

Image looking up in the sky with the wind whipping around, trees blowing and a storm coming in. That is what I imagined when I painted this contemporary abstract. I blended the colors in the background, using wide brushes. The leaves and trees were laid in with thick layers so that there is texture on the linen. I purposely left some of the natural linen showing because I love that color. Contact Kay for more information on this painting......kay@kwyne.com or 214-532-0325. Thanks for looking.....

Aspen Tree Painting by Jill Saur

My 40"x30", acrylic aspen tree painting, "Autumn Gold", is all about the path we choose to follow in life. Aspens are amazing trees. I call them "The Giving Trees", because they are deeply connected to one another under the ground. They are even able to grow a new tree from the offshoot of one of their roots.  Although we are connected to other people in so many different ways, we all must choose the path that we are to personally follow.

This original painting is sold.  However, a beautiful hand-embellished giclee (limited edition) is available on my website.  I invite you to become one of my happy patrons!

http://www.jillsaurfineart.com/gallery-one---aspen-tree/autumn-gold-40x30-original.html#previous-

© Aspen Tree Painting by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Abstracted Aspens #42, Original Contemporary Aspen Tree Paintings by Colorado Contemporary Landscape Artist Kimberly Conrad

Kimberly Conrad Contemporary Artist "Pouring Color Into Your Life" 

Original 8x10 contemporary, abstracted aspen tree painting on acrylic paper.
This painting will fit a standard 8x10 frame, or may be matted and framed to a larger size.
Special pricing for a limited time.... Click HERE to see the studios of three Colorado artists!!

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A Day To Remember by Kay Wyne

A Day To Remember

60" x 20" Oil on Linen Gallery Wrap

Palette Knife Painting

Kay at 214-532-0325 or kay@kwyne.com

A Day For Two - Diptych by Kay Wyne

A Day For Two

36" x 18" Oil on Canvas Diptych

A Day For Two...here is a the same painting, only hanging on the wall with space between the two canvases. There are two 18" x 18" canvases, stacked creating a long, vertical piece of art. This contemporary abstract painting is for sale, please contact Kay if you are interested. kay@kwyne.com or 214-532-0325. Thanks for viewing.

I See You by Kay Wyne

I See You

10" x 20" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

This colorful contemporary palette knife painting has layers of color and texture. I wanted the viewer to look through the trees into the background of color. You can use your imagination as to what you really see. This painting is signed and drying in the studio. I was thrilled to have two paintings leave the studio recently....yesterday I shipped a painting to a collector in England, and one of my abstracts has found a new home in Canada! Thanks to Maxine and Cam on those sales.....Have a great Valentines Day!!!! Kay at 214-532-0325 or kay@kwyne.com

"Vertical Aspirations" textured aspen oil painting by NIki Gulley

“Vertical Aspirations” ©2012 Niki Gulley

SOLD • 48” x 36” textured oil painting

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 deep violet 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.

If you'd like to create paintings with more freedom and expression, please join me Feb. 18th and 19th for a workshop I'm teaching on "Loosening Up." 

"Loosening Up" Painting Workshop

Feb. 18 and / or Feb. 19

Dallas, TX

See nikigulley.com/art-classes for details and to register.

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

To see more of my contemporary landscape oil paintings, visit NikiGulley.com.

Reflections.....Sold at the Superbowl XLVI Taste of the NFL Party! by Kay Wyne

Reflections

14" x 18" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Sold!

This painting was sold over the weekend in Indianapolis at the Superbowl XLVI Taste of the NFL party on Saturday night. I got info that this contemporary abstract oil painting sold at the Party with a Purpose......thanks to everyone who contributed to the cause at the Taste of the NFL party. I wish that John and I could of been there...maybe next year in New Orleans! Thanks to all of the staff at Taste of the NFL and the volunteers who work tirelessly for the cause. Thanks for viewing...Kay

"Coming Together" textured aspen tree painting by Niki Gulley

"Coming Together" ©2012 Niki Gulley

textured oil painting • 40" x 30"

In this painting I wanted you to feel that child-like wonder of staring up in into the treetops and the heavens above. Choosing calming greens against a lavender-blue peaceful sky and arranging the two main aspens so that they meet in the middle, suggests a feeling of togetherness. While organizing the outlying trees in a circular pattern and using thick, curving, bold orange brushstrokes, creates a joyful, playful mood.

To see this aspen tree painting in person, please join Dallas artists, Niki Gulley and Elizabeth Padgett, for an exciting Two Woman Show. "Opposites Attract" will feature their paintings from two different perspectives – realism and abstraction. Artist Reception is Sun. Feb. 5 from 2 to 4 pm at the Jaycee Center for the Arts, 1975 Puritan Dr. between Story Rd. and MacArthur in Irving, TX. Exhibit runs Jan. 29 - Feb 23, 2012.

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

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

Abstracted Aspens 148, 8x8, Original Contemporary Aspen Tree Paintings by Colorado Contemporary Landscape Artist Kimberly Conrad

Kimberly Conrad Contemporary Artist "Pouring Color Into Your Life" 

Original 8x8 contemporary aspen tree painting on heavy acrylic paper.
This little painting will fit a standard 8s8 frame, or may be matted and framed to a larger size.

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Tree Art by Jill Saur

Each morning when I wake up, I look out my window and think about how different the day is from any other day that I've experienced.  It sets the framework for a mindset that is open to new possibilities and adventures.  The painting below is from a memory of a special day in Colorado.  I simply wanted to capture the nuance of that unique moment in time.

This little 8"x10" aspen tree oil painting, "Summer Nuance", is available at Matilda's Gallery in Historic Roswell, GA.  I have other similar paintings available on my website at www.JillSaurFineArt.com.

©1990-2012 Tree Art by Jill Saur, all rights reserved