updated and finished....it is winter here.... 36x36 Oil on canvas

revised, updated....finished. .....it is winter here.... 36x36 Oil on canvas

"Aspen Cathedral " 48x72 Oil on Canvas framed in blonde wood shadow box

This painting has been through a lot of travel. It is now safely back at my home and ready to hang on someone's wall.

aspen Cathedral 48x72 Oil on Canvas Framed in blonde wood shadow box

aspen Cathedral 48x72 Oil on Canvas Framed in blonde wood shadow box

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.

Aspen Series III 48x72 Oil on Canvas Mark Malone

Santa Fe Painting Workshop with Niki Gulley

12x9 pastel by Niki Gullley

Plein Air Painting & Photography Workshop in Santa Fe, NM

Day 2, morning location: downtown Santa Fe

Day two of our Santa Fe workshop, we headed to a quiet street in downtown Santa Fe. It was a beautiful morning, with temperatures around 70 to 80 degrees and plenty of shade. We were all drawn to the unique adobe architecture typical in Santa Fe, the soft morning light, and the vibrant color accents on each home. I chose this periwinkle doorway for my quick demo in pastels, both for the striking contrast against the orange pueblo and also because the russian sage everywhere was so beautiful, and added some balance on the left hand side of the composition. We all thoroughly enjoyed the morning, even if a passing homeowner or two were disappointed that we hadn't picked their doorways to paint!

One of my students, Barbara Moore, working in pastels on this adobe doorway.

Nancy Standlee completing her acrylic of this pueblo home. Beautiful!

If you'd like more information on our upcoming

Plein-Air Painting & Photography Workshops, please e-mail me at Niki Gulley,

or visit my website at nikigulley.com/?page_id=13.

To see more of my contemporary impressionistic landscape paintings,

go to nikigulley.com,

or to purchase this plein air study from Santa Fe,

e-mail me at Niki Gulley.