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"...I always question myself if an
harbor is a place to stay or to go
away...
Depends on the ropes (ties) I
guess..."
José Fortunato
While being in Holland, visiting my Mother-in-
law, who is very ill, we had many dinners in
Loosdrecht's harbor, which inspired me to paint
this oil.
The music gives this painting an extra melancholic
effect, which really makes me feel home sick.
Click on arrow
for
accompanying classical guitar
music
Tarrega
I used a lot of texture in this painting
(impasto) see detailed
picture.
Since an oil impasto would take up to a year to
dry, I used a modeling paste texturing the
canvas first.
Then I just painted this oil with big rough bristles
(dry brushing technique) and lots of different
palette knives.
Copyright Olga van Dijk 2008©
Unauthorized copying or use of images is
prohibited.
106 Comments
Mildred Ann Utroska 27 Jul 2010
Full of energy and colors excellent abstract.Stanko Buljovcic 11 Jan 2010
This is what I like, and I just don't see...silvana vistola 04 Nov 2009
amazing work! misterious, dramatic and magic!Anonymous Guest 11 Sep 2009
Marvelous!Paul Wilkinson 07 May 2009
Fantastic work, OlgaAnonymous Guest 27 Jul 2008
AWSOME!FANTASTIC!LOVET!alessandro alex 26 Jul 2008
fantastic colors and composition, Olga! bravissima!Jan van Baarle 20 Jul 2008
Fantastic! My pic of the day!gregg dutcher 19 Jul 2008
beautiful artwork,....very colorful and exciting!Tammy Heywood 16 Jul 2008
Beautiful colors Olga, a lovely harbor indeed!arnaldo nuestro 16 Jul 2008
i like your works olga... you are trully been gifted, as terry said it... you have an eye and hand that makes an interesting painting.Terry Bullard 15 Jul 2008
wonderful work you have an eye and hand that makes an interesting paintingjill madgwick 15 Jul 2008
wonderful texture, beautiful colours so different from how I work. I would love to learn from youv blair 15 Jul 2008
Fantastic and beautifully done Olga!!Denny Gholson 15 Jul 2008
Great Color Work Olga!Alberto D'Assumpcao 15 Jul 2008
Spectacular composition, Olga!!! Fascinating colours!Volinschi Sergiu 14 Jul 2008
It's sublime! I love this knife effect...it tell so much, profoundness and poetry... ...believe me I know what I say!Ora Moon 14 Jul 2008
Beautiful, once again your eye for color is superb!Chas Sinklier 14 Jul 2008
Travel - harbor - bewdy ~:0)Susana Araujo 14 Jul 2008
Excelent work. I love it.Emilio B. Campo-Diaz 14 Jul 2008
Always creative. Superb work.william maldonado 14 Jul 2008
amazing color scheme..love itJean M. Laffitau 14 Jul 2008
My pic of the day!!Stewart Fowler 13 Jul 2008
I love your work Olga.....what a terrific composition with bright colors.....the harbor is alive with energy here...Patty Day 13 Jul 2008
Bold and beautiful!! Marvelous work Ola!Teresa Dominici 13 Jul 2008
Splendid colors in this painting Olga, lovely composiiton.Donald Schrier 13 Jul 2008
This is extreemly well done and the use of vibrant colors along with a unitque way of applying the paint is wonderful.Izabella Pavlushko 13 Jul 2008
it's so expressive, Olga, love this composition very much !Gordon Christie 13 Jul 2008
Now that is just stunning!Sigridur Bachmann 13 Jul 2008
Excellent work of art Olga.!! Stunning colours and texture and composition.!!!!BILL NAGY 13 Jul 2008
Very nice. BILLJoanna Jungjohann 13 Jul 2008
Olga, impressive and vibrant work of beauty. so sorry to hear the news on your mother in law. she as well as you, and the family will be in my thoughts and prayers. be safe and come home soon. love, jo.Aqua1955 13 Jul 2008
I understand the feelings wich you put inside.. never leave your harbor wthout your ship that can return..Maria Anna Machado 13 Jul 2008
Marvelous!!!Anonymous Guest 13 Jul 2008
Beautiful. It reminds me of Turner's works.Sandra McClure 13 Jul 2008
Excellent Olga. Blessings on your family. I'm off to vacation,David Holcombe 12 Jul 2008
The colors and composition are stunning. It has abstract expressionist quality to it. The darker elements in the bottom anchor the piece while the reds and yellows sail away.Helen May 12 Jul 2008
I like this a lot - anything to do with boats and harbors! Really nice art. H.MARY TOMENSKY 12 Jul 2008
Olga how beautiful this is! Oh I wish I could paint! The colors you've used are outstanding I feel as if I'm right inside the painting!!Mrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 12 Jul 2008
GORGEOUS Stunning Brilliant work of Art,my Friend!!!STRIKING!!!,Dee&David :):)Lior Goldenberg 12 Jul 2008
Love the impasto and the vibrant colors! Fantastic piece, Olga!Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 12 Jul 2008
WARM AND BEAUTIFUL!!John Graham Inkson 12 Jul 2008
Colourific.Anonymous Guest 12 Jul 2008
A stunning and beautiful work, Olga.brenden howard 12 Jul 2008
this is realy great olga, love the colors and texture,so bright and freshjennifer blenkinsopp 12 Jul 2008
Great abstract and music.carrie holst 12 Jul 2008
The music is a nice touch. Love classical guitarteresa ramalhao 12 Jul 2008
Olga, I thank you to remember us this shocking event!!! Great composition! So expressive... fire, horror and pain... You attain one´s aim with the colours and lines! You passed us... the dramatic moment of contemporaneous history! We must don´t forget it!!!... What a humanity we have... Important composition.Lynn De Serres 12 Jul 2008
Splendid artwork, Olga.KC CHANG 12 Jul 2008
JUST FANTASTIC!!!Hui Zhu 12 Jul 2008
OMG...*o*GREAT !!!Irene Rencsi 12 Jul 2008
This is absolutely wonderful!!!! Composition, colour, technique....I could go on and on... Waiting for your next one in this style, Olga...Barry Huyett 12 Jul 2008
WOW!........very impressive!kay susan 12 Jul 2008
Wow! Those colours! Like this technique...June Steward 12 Jul 2008
Beautiful work, Olga!helen tyralik 12 Jul 2008
wonderful paintingThom Roslan 12 Jul 2008
Very Powerful and Expressive piece Olga. Love the texture you applied to it also.......I love "thick" paint art.......+ I love your dry brushing techniques too..esther baltisberger 12 Jul 2008
So powerful and expressive Beautiful painting OlgaEvelyn Simon 11 Jul 2008
Lovely painting Olga! :o)Frank Maguire 11 Jul 2008
This is yet another of your vibrant masterpieces Olga and I love it. I ALSO WISH THAT i COULD PAINT LIKE THAT. But I am the tortoise and you the hare. Love and Laffs Frank.Roberta Staymates 11 Jul 2008
this is beautifulFiona Robinson 11 Jul 2008
wow, I love this one Ogladebbie braswell 11 Jul 2008
GREAT WORK OLGAJim Cabay 11 Jul 2008
I sure hope I make alot of money someday so I can commission and collect you!!!----JimJerie kunitsky 11 Jul 2008
Brilliant...love it..Cathy Jones 11 Jul 2008
fantastic details, the textures and colors are just wonderful!Sara Deutsch 11 Jul 2008
Stunning composition and contrasting colors...leny hendrickx 11 Jul 2008
What a exellent picture Olga ! wish i had made it ! beatyful colors and composition!!!!!!Anonymous Guest 11 Jul 2008
Neat! I love the abstract work - the colors hit the spot! I like that you can figureatively see the harbor and all that's going on there - great use of action, line, color, and composition! GREAT ALL AROUND!!! Cara BevanGabrielle Stahlie 11 Jul 2008
Dit is echt heel mooi Olga wat toevallig... ook een haven!Ann Fawssett-Atkin 11 Jul 2008
Wonderful colours Olga and a lovely feeling to this paintingTahnja Wolter 11 Jul 2008
your work is always gorgeous dear friend. Colours so vibrant and alive, nothing short of stunningJosé Fortunato 11 Jul 2008
A great abstract ! I can see the cranes, the fog and the ships. Harbor is a place I question always myself if it is to stay or to go away...( Depends on the ropes... )Carliss Mora 11 Jul 2008
Fabulous, beautiful work, Olga!Petra Wohlwerth 11 Jul 2008
Really wonderful. The work is very interessting and the colours are so expressive. I really love it.Petra Wohlwerth 11 Jul 2008
Really wonderful. The work is very interessting and the colours are so expressive. I really love it.paul megens 11 Jul 2008
prachtig Olga !Bev Chudey 11 Jul 2008
Beautiful abstract Olga!janice white 11 Jul 2008
wow.....beautiful blessed talentRuth Kauffman 11 Jul 2008
I just LOVE your work, Olga!! It's always so colorful and exciting and of course THE MUSIC!!! :):):) Exquisite! Welcome back...I hope your mother-in-law is doing better!!Jessica Courtley-Rose 11 Jul 2008
So visually appealing! WONDERFUL!Annette Labedzki 11 Jul 2008
excellent!Milan Radovanovic 11 Jul 2008
Great painting Olga, strong bold use of warm and cool colours. Well doneNilantha Lokunarangode 11 Jul 2008
very very colorful painting OlgaAnneke Hut 11 Jul 2008
Olga, this is another masterpiece, I'm sitting here in amazement. All words are said already, stunning dynamic, beautiful, it's all true. I love the hint of masts and the bustle of a harbor in all these wonderful colours.Karen Corcoran 11 Jul 2008
The music is so fitting, of your dynamitic, moving ,vivid painting.Sharon Gonzalez 11 Jul 2008
SO VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL, OLGA. WOW.Robert Cleere 11 Jul 2008
Hi Olga, YOu have a fiery image also. Someday I might pick up a brusk. AI may ask for pointers! Warmly, BobDavid Mask 11 Jul 2008
I like it. The texture is marveloustinsu kasai 11 Jul 2008
What a Beautiful piece....Stunning as usual Olga ~ much love ~ tinsuChip Etier 11 Jul 2008
Cubist! Reminds me of Picasso. I like the composition; it keeps the eye in the frame.Michael Germann 11 Jul 2008
fabulous abstractelizabeth clausen 11 Jul 2008
I love this texture! I like the idea of putting the paste on the canvas first. . ! I wonderful picture!Gerard van den Berge 11 Jul 2008
Prachtig karakteristiek werk Olga ; ik zie de masten en aan de horizon de zee....my pic of the day.Anonymous Guest 11 Jul 2008
Olga How wonderful, your work is outstanding. Bill ByrdCarolyn Taylor 11 Jul 2008
Wow! Vivid and evocative!Brigitte Hintner 11 Jul 2008
Top Notch as always my dear friend ...love this colourful abstract piece in every way ..a real eye-catcher !!! Bravo Olga !!! :-)Phil Davis 11 Jul 2008
Love it Olga, stunning work!Olga Dmytrenko 11 Jul 2008
Wow! I love it, Olga! great!Loredana 11 Jul 2008
This is just awesome I love the colors OUTSTANDING abstract my friendAndrew Dragh 11 Jul 2008
Beautiful painting, Olga! Great visual!Anonymous Guest 11 Jul 2008
Great work Olga. Love the structure and colors very much. Marcelmargaret mckeehan 11 Jul 2008
Fantastic work, very boldMJ Mitchell 11 Jul 2008
Very beautiful - I love the use of thick paint - brings so much more character to any work of art, I think - love the textures - wonderful work of art!Nira Dabush 11 Jul 2008
Excellent composition,Olga to make a great abstract.annette steens 11 Jul 2008
fantastic warm colors , great image of an harbour. Olga!