Rain-Soaked
10 x 10"
oil on cradled panel
© Nicki Ault, 2018
available at Assiniboia Gallery
Earlier this year after a good rain when things started looking really fresh and green.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Monday, October 29, 2018
Dark Marsh
Dark Marsh
8 x 8"
oil on panel
© Nicki Ault, 2018
sold at Darrell Bell Gallery
I made this up from memories.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
A Clear Winter's Night
A Clear Winter's Night
8 x 8"
oil on panel
© Nicki Ault, 2018
sold at Darrell Bell Gallery
Experimental night scene. It's hard to see on the screen, but the under-painting was a bright fuchsia, so some of the tiny stars actually glow pink. Also, snow.
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Amber Sunset
Amber Sunset
8 x 8"
oil on panel
© Nicki Ault, 2018
sold at Darrell Bell Gallery
Playing with some of the concepts that struck a chord with me at Doug Swinton's workshop a month ago: thicker paint, warm and cool colours, expressive marks. Me likey.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Carefree
Carefree
10 x 10"
oil on cradled panel
© Nicki Ault, 2018
sold at Assiniboia Gallery
Wide open Saskatchewan.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
My Moonlit Reverie
My Moonlit Reverie
36 x 36"
oil on canvas
© Nicki Ault, 2018
sold at Darrell Bell Gallery
The reflection in this one glows, GLOWS I tell you! It's big and it feels modern! Check it out in the group show "Painting the Landscape" at Darrell Bell Gallery on until November 10th.
You know when you have a painting that has to be delivered the next day? You have been working madly on it for days and finally at ten o'clock on that last night before delivery you are exhausted and you think, "It's okay. It will do. It's done." You know when that happens, right? So you tidy your space, go wash your brushes and then you walk back into your studio, look at your painting and you think, "Eff that! Okay is not good enough!" Next thing you know you are picking up brushes again and take a massive risk by completely overhauling the sky from ice-cream-scoop-looking clouds to moody, ethereal, moonlit clouds. The painting goes from "okay" to awesome because now the sky makes sense with the mood of the painting.
You know when you have a painting that has to be delivered the next day? You have been working madly on it for days and finally at ten o'clock on that last night before delivery you are exhausted and you think, "It's okay. It will do. It's done." You know when that happens, right? So you tidy your space, go wash your brushes and then you walk back into your studio, look at your painting and you think, "Eff that! Okay is not good enough!" Next thing you know you are picking up brushes again and take a massive risk by completely overhauling the sky from ice-cream-scoop-looking clouds to moody, ethereal, moonlit clouds. The painting goes from "okay" to awesome because now the sky makes sense with the mood of the painting.
You know when that happens?
Yeah, me too because that's what happened with this painting.
Yeah, me too because that's what happened with this painting.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Boreal Forest
Boreal Forest
8 x 8"
oil on panel
© Nicki Ault, 2018
sold at Darrell Bell Gallery
This was an experiment. The underpainting and initial sketch on the panel was done in an intense magenta. I love the pops of that colour coming through the various greens.
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Star Bright
Star Bright
8 x 8"
oil on panel
© Nicki Ault, 2018
sold at Darrell Bell Gallery
I have had plenty of fun exploring night scenes and dusky scenes in the last year. It is a way for me to inject colour into the landscape and to use my imagination in my art since I can't take a good photo in the light at night to use as reference.
For this painting I was thinking of the rhyme "Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight..." and wanted to create an image of that first star appearing in the last few moments of a spectacular, but fading sunset.
Can you see the little star?
Friday, October 19, 2018
September Lines
September Lines
20 x 20"
oil on panel
© Nicki Ault, 2018
All Rights Reserved
sold at Darrell Bell Gallery
The opening at the gallery last night was lots of fun despite a glitchy elevator situation. People came, people laughed, people enjoyed the art... and some pieces sold including this little landscape of mine. To be honest this is not an accurate photo, but it is the best I could get. The sky is actually more purple than blue and the wheat field really glows in the light.
I was extraordinarily touched by a friend who, with tears in her eyes, purchased "September Lines" last night. She told me that this image was exactly a moment she remembered experiencing. The painting represented "the moment" she held in her memory and her reaction to it was intense and emotional. I did not ask her what it reminded her of because I honestly felt like it was so personal that a busy gallery was not the place to ask her to elaborate. Also, it was quite likely none of my business.
I am continually and profoundly motivated by reactions like these where someone connects to the light, energy, mood and emotion I try to portray through my art using landscape as a subject. It has become a real driving force. And I am grateful.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Sparkling Water, Waskesiu River
Sparkling Water, Waskesiu River
30 x 40"
oil on canvas
© Nicki Ault, 2018
sold at Darrell Bell Gallery
Oh, this one makes me happy.
The water. The water turned out.
The water. The water turned out.
Come see it in person at the opening of "Painting The Landscape" TODAY from 5-8 pm at Darrell Bell Gallery. So excited!
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