Spring Cleaning SALE! Yes, I Said SALE!

Rocks, Georgian Bay

30" x 30"

acrylic on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2013

regular $900.00

SALE $450.00
sold

I am extremely excited to announce that our lease has been renewed and I will be painting at the Studio On 20th for the next 3 years! Woo hoooooooo!

On that note, space is ever an issue. Three years ago when we moved out of St. George Studio and into Studio On 20th I purged like crazy! I brought home all of my art books and my inspiration bulletin boards and I threw out awful, horrible, really bad pieces of art that were the worst ever of my efforts. I actually sliced canvases with blades of steel! I was quite ruthless and I needed to be because no longer would I have my own space, but I would be sharing with my good friend, Bridget Aitken. The hoarder tendency in me had to be squelched. 

Now I find myself in a situation where I have paintings on hand that I still really love, but they have already been in shows, both outside of the studio and in. They won't be put in any future exhibits of my work, but they have a special place in my heart and will never meet the ruthless blade of an exacto knife nor will they ever be painted over. (I do have a stack of canvases that I plan to re-work... AKA "paint over"). So what to do when I don't have a place to store them?

I have NEVER done this before. EVER. And I may never do this again! 

It's a huge sale!

Seven paintings only!

I need to make room for all of the paintings that have yet to be created. I am so pumped for what is to come, but I still love some of what was... so as a celebration of sorts I am offering a handful of paintings lovingly held in my "vault" for crazy... and I mean crazy... prices! I hope you connect with something. Please let me know via email if there is anything you want!  First come, first served!   nicki.ault@shaw.ca

The Birch

48" x 30"

acrylic on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2015

sold

Little Sumac On Georgian Bay

30" x 30"

acrylic on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2013

regular $900.00

SALE $450.00

Cattails

20" x 24"

oil on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2016

regular $595.00

SALE $298.00
sold

Fire In The Belly III

48" x 30"

oil on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2016

regular $1440.00

SALE $720.00
sold

 The Shallows, Georgian Bay

30" x 30"

acrylic on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2013

regular $900.00

SALE $ 450.00

 Patchwork Pasture

18" x 24"

acrylic on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2013

regular $555.00

SALE $278.00

Crazy prices on seven paintings... which one do you want? Let's talk!

P.S. And might I mention that if you live in the United States these prices are particularly sweeeeeet!

Rocks, Georgian Bay

 

Rocks, Georgian Bay

30 x 30"

acrylic on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2013

sold

We are nearing the end of the collection produced in Georgian Bay; only one more painting to show after this. "Rocks, Georgian Bay" sits with "Rushing Water" at the top of my list of favorites. I often start my acrylic work with rough, loose, colourful under-paintings, but never intend for them to be the final vision. In the past, when things have gelled at this stage, people have told me to stop and consider the under-painting to be a finished work. That concept has always blown my mind and I have only ever once stopped at this stage. I have always wanted to carry out my full vision, so stopping at the start, as it were, never made sense to me. 

The goals of the trip were to find fresh subject matter, to push myself in new directions, to create interesting compositions and stay loose without getting trapped in details and to be open to things happening without too much planning. As "Rocks" got underway everything was just feeling right and I rolled with it. I opened myself to the idea that the scrubby, thin under-painting could actually be interesting on its own. I loved how the tree-line area evolved and I realized that I didn't have to elaborate more than that if I didn't want to. I carried that thought through the whole piece- working some areas a bit more than others and leaving some areas rather raw. I am very pleased with the final energy of the piece and, to me, it is simple and complex all at once. While it is not an under-painting, it does have some of the qualities of that stage and I am glad I pushed myself to experiment a bit.