The Boreal and The Blazing Sun

The Boreal And The Blazing Sun

40x30"

acrylic and oil on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2019

sold at Assiniboia Gallery 

This blog post has been in draft-mode limbo along with about seventy other paintings from the last year. I am having trouble keeping up with it all and can't post fast enough. Anyway, this one sold at my Artist Feature exhibition earlier this year at Assiniboia Gallery.

Ethereal

Ethereal

24 x 36"

oil on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2019

available at Assiniboia Gallery

This one is all about the sky, so I dabbled with a rather unorthodox composition so that all of the focus would be on the clouds. As a result it's a bit quirky. I wanted the overall feel to be soft, glowy and ethereal. I think I got it there.

This painting is part of the feature on my work at the Assiniboia Gallery for the month of March, so that means there are only three more days to stop in and check it out. I am thrilled to say that they have already sold six of the twelve paintings! You can view the featured work here and also see the full inventory of my work available at the gallery here.

Final Heat of the Day

Final Heat of the Day

10 x 10"

oil on panel

© Nicki Ault, 2019

available at Assiniboia Gallery

The muted tones of this scene are given a last jolt of energy from the heat of the setting sun.

New Growth at the Old River

New Growth at the Old River

10 x 10"

oil on panel

© Nicki Ault, 2019

sold at Assiniboia Gallery

I love the vibrant, new growth on the tips of evergreen trees in the spring. Such a hopeful sign. This painting has a very different feel than the smaller study, "Three Little Evergreens", which I painted last fall. Here, I let the warmth of the underpainting show through and I included a few dandelions - another sign of spring!

Available as part of the feature Assiniboia Gallery is exhibiting of my work for the month of March.

Soft Summer's Eve

Soft Summer's Eve

18 x 36"

oil on canvas

 Nicki Ault, 2019

sold at Assiniboia Gallery

The goal here was to make a calm and quiet lake/water/sky image that didn't feel blue in colour. I am trying to knock myself out of the "blue" period I seem to have gone through last year. I tried to keep the palette grayed down and leaning towards purple, with a lovely quiet energy coming from the more chromatic, warm colours.