Art @ Solar Gardens

This is happening on the weekend. I will be there with my small 6 x 6 inch paintings and maybe a small selection of larger work. It was a lot of fun last year and this year Sunday has been added, so there is plenty of time to check out the art work and beautiful Solar Gardens site. Two days of art, plants and  pizza. Please come and enjoy! Keep in mind the sign for Windmill Road points left but you will turn right to get to Solar Gardens.

NOTE: I will be able to accept credit cards at this event!

Misty At Point View

Misty At Point View

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nicki-ault/misty-at-point-view/413168 
sold

Point View (Waskesiu) is one of my favorite places to have a wiener roast and skip rocks with my kids. I have also sat on the rocky shore and painted on a stormy day... and I stop there every time I go out on a photo shoot for my art. This particular day was just a couple of weeks ago when I went up to the lake to help close the cabin. It was raining, but softly, like mist rather than full-on rain drops. The effect was so peaceful. As the points of land went back in space they slowly disappeared into the haze. Quite a lovely sensory experience with the feel of the mist against my face, the sound of the water gently lapping at the shore and the sight of the gradation of grays.

Prairie Parallels

Prairie Parallels

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nicki-ault/prairie-parallels/412944
sold 

The fields in the prairies are very stripey these days. A drive through the country reveals patterns and designs of the cut crops. In this case it was parallel line after parallel line.

Parking Lot Sunset, Waskesiu

Parking Lot Sunset, Waskesiu

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nicki-ault/parking-lot-sunset-waskesiu/412653
sold

I will always remember this evening at the lake. My sister and brother-in-law were there, usually we aren't at the lake at the same time, and it was a glorious night. What do you do on a perfect night like this? Easy- take the dog (theirs) for a walk and get ice cream! Of course being who I am I also brought my camera with me and I was glad I did. I veered off from the others and went down to the main parking lot to capture the beautiful late-day sky behind the Spruce. While snapping pictures I ran into a friend walking with her family, so we had a quick catch-up and made plans to meet for a visit very soon. 

The entire evening left me feeling so happy I just knew I would be painting it. And now I have.

September Harvest

September Harvest

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nicki-ault/september-harvest/412381
sold  

Another first for me- painting the rows of a combined field. It is always a sign of the times when these stripes appear on the fields... Thanksgiving is on its way and then, dare I say it, winter.

This coming weekend is Art @ Solar Gardens. I will be there for the two day event with about twenty other wonderful artists including Bridget Aitken, Jacqueline Faye Miller, Monika Kinner-Whalen, Judy Wood, Pat Doig and Ken Wilkinson. Hopefully the weather will co-operate and it will be a busy, successful event. Come if you can!

Harvest and Hay Bale

Harvest and Hay Bale

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nicki-ault/harvest-and-hay-bale/412106
sold 

This is a new one for me. Despite being a landscape painter living on the prairies, I have never painted a bale of hay. So here it is... my debut!

Waskesiu River Revisited

Waskesiu River Revisited

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015
sold

I couldn't help but paint another Waskesiu River scene. This place has a personality all its own and I have found it very inspirational this year. So much so that when I have a few things finished I believe there is a large canvas waiting for this subject.

Prospect Point

Prospect Point

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015
http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nicki-ault/prospect-point/411422

Early evening clouds over Prospect Point near the town-site of Waskesiu. Sometimes the sky is so soft and subtle it is overwhelming.

Old Mossy Tree

Old Mossy Tree

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nicki-ault/old-mossy-tree/411232
sold 

This tree. I love it. I have painted it before, but there used to be a pair. Now only one stands. The other has fallen from old age, weather and other elements. This one will be next and when that day comes I will be sad. It stands watching the marsh, the only place I have ever seen a moose in all of my time in Prince Albert National Park. It is a special place on the road to Birch Bay. Perhaps this year is my last painting this stoic guard- it, too, may be down after the winter.

Summer's Evening Glow

Summer's Evening Glow

6 x 6"

oil on board

© Nicki Ault, 2015

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/nicki-ault/summers-evening-glow/411001
sold 

Well, the trend of small paintings continues for awhile. I am getting ready for the Solar Gardens show which is coming up faster than I like on September 19 & 20. I have been painting these little ones, as you know, but I have also been selling them. Trust me- I am NOT complaining! I will take that "problem" any day of the week. Thank you so much to those of you who have found a painting (or paintings) you want to live with. I will keep painting them as long as you keep liking them.

I just made a quick overnight trip to the lake to do some closing up chores. My whole family had intended to go for the long weekend, but last week my oldest son was injured at football practice. The poor guy is laid up for awhile and can't make a long trip, so I went by myself. I am a glass-is-half-full kind of gal, so I decided that since I would be on my own I would make a painting trip out of it, too. Last evening I hunkered down in the cabin and got in serious painting mode. Above is the first painting I pulled off. Inspired by one of the many glorious Saskatchewan sunsets this summer.

my make-shift painting set-up in the cabin

Behind the scene I am also working on a commission which is, in fact, larger than a 6x6 so please stay tuned for that. Much more to come in the following days.