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This collage/painting is printed on the cover of the Spring folder 2007 of the
CCArts (Center for Creative Arts)Yorklyn
that is mailed to a huge distribution list announcing the classes for the Spring sessions.
For accompanying music please click on the arrow of
the "beautiful mind theme":
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Yesterday I finished this collage/painting.
There are four "minds" visible on this
collage, but in the evening -under the chin of
the "Left lower Mind"
an other one is popping up.
A couple of themes are always
returning in my collages:
(sheet) music, post stamps, wood, keys,
clocks and eyes.
With this collage/painting I want to show my students how to work with the CENTER of INTEREST , (the heart of a painting, the focal point.)
An implied triangle connection indicates where the
activity takes place and will fascinate the viewer like
a bulls-eye!
It will show what inspired the artist
-(Moi!)- to create a scene on canvas with
brushes, paints and other mixed media.
Artists use a variety of techniques to enhance
and emphasize the center of interest.
I used the tone and temperature of the color
palette, values, details and abstraction, hard and
soft edges, directional lines and patterns, living
things, and shapes.
The Upper left "mind" had a too strong of a
shift in value contrast (the darkest darks
and lightest lights). So I glued a transparent
piece of paper over the eye part. It pushed back
that
object immediately, there where I wanted it to
be.
Also my eye was traveling too much from left under
to the upper right (diagonal.)
By placing two vertical lines (the black and white
finger print line next to the ear upper left and
down left) it calmed down my traveling eye.
I hope you enjoy this blue toned collage (and
its title) as much as I do.
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Abstract Collage/Painting on
canvas.
Measurements: 24" X 36"
61.0x91.4
cm)
Copyright Olga
van Dijk
2006©
Unauthorized copying or use of images is prohibited.
130 Comments
Mark Peterson 29 Aug 2011
Nice work...Great title.Charalampos Laskaris 30 Dec 2010
Dear Olga you are very talented and the comments verify it.This abstract is amazing as a concept and execution.Have a happy New Yearsue haddox 12 Aug 2008
This piece is definitely a "piece of WORK"!! Love the "apple-peel" effect right to the mouth formation! Masterful accomplishment!Anonymous Guest 19 May 2008
This is great!Chas Sinklier 03 May 2008
You masterful collagist you - bewdy ~:0)laurie vaughn 02 Jan 2008
Olga, Your work is phenomenal! Thanks for your kind comments. Happy New Year! Lauriecaroline roth 06 Nov 2007
Thank you Olga, congratulations for your beautiful work!Neil lecy 16 Sep 2007
You are so Amazing I love the colors! Great Art!radfax radfax 29 Aug 2007
A very interesting collage of images, niceMelanie Lamprill 29 Aug 2007
lovely meaningful collage.....Jerry Hanks 27 Aug 2007
A very well done graphic image. Exciting artwork.karen muro 14 Jul 2007
wow...very nice!Kim O'Malley 09 Jul 2007
This is really lovely Olga - beautiful work!Richard Clegg 23 May 2007
Sublime!!Anonymous Guest 26 Mar 2007
lovelyyyyyyyyyyyy dakiniade adeputra 08 Mar 2007
Nice collages work with bright colours.Maurizio Miele 04 Mar 2007
Great work ! Maurizio Mieledaniel morgenstern 01 Mar 2007
Beautiful work! I love your colours and the detailing.William Boyer 18 Feb 2007
coolVanessa Holmstrand 17 Feb 2007
Beautiful collage. The colors are wonderful. Your students are very fortunate to have such a talented and inspiring instructor. Great job!michael rockwell 16 Feb 2007
i see eye to eye with your artLisa Prentiss 16 Feb 2007
This is gorgeous! I love the colors! Very interesting in so many ways.Waldemar Max 16 Feb 2007
That is an incredible beauty!nikos kanellos 15 Feb 2007
Just amazing! I like it a lot Olga!Eddy collins 15 Feb 2007
Very niceTom and Susan Repasky 15 Feb 2007
There is always room for cerebral art Olga! This is a masterpiece, and I am certain that your students took away with them so much information from your session!! Exciting to view, this is a stunning work of art!! Excellent presentation!! ~SRenata Cavanaugh 15 Feb 2007
Interesting and beautiful work OlgaKonstantina Daskalaki 15 Feb 2007
Fantastic work Olga, well done!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this one!!!!!!!!!!!Kelly Bartlett 14 Feb 2007
Congrats, on the top 10, Olga. Awesome job. :DRobin Wester 14 Feb 2007
Wow! I think it's wonderful.Anna Sylvester 13 Feb 2007
Outstanding use of a wide variety of technique brought together into one unified piece. One can easily see that you know your profession.Tia Antoniades 13 Feb 2007
Beautiful work!Matt Arpen 13 Feb 2007
terrific collage work... excellent style.David Holcombe 12 Feb 2007
It's a beautiful collage, Olga. The eye does wander around the image, going from mind to mind, so to speak. But it's an orderly voyage. There is a lovely balance of color and a wide diversity of forms. I was wondering if all the minds were yours or whether you were paying homage to many minds. The musical mind is particularly interesting.Anonymous Guest 12 Feb 2007
Fasinating composition Olga, very interseting and well done.Rosalie Ferry 11 Feb 2007
Olga; this is wonderfully done. I have not ever done a collage...valentinos vassiliou 11 Feb 2007
excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!stephanie atlee 11 Feb 2007
I just love this...very nicely done....wow!!Laura Smith 10 Feb 2007
Wow Olga this is really magnificent! Very nice!Rita de Falussy 10 Feb 2007
Beautiful collage Olga! Great images and colors combinations. Great piece!Nancy Mattei 10 Feb 2007
Cool, Very Interesting.Anonymous Guest 10 Feb 2007
Your new collage is very inspiring, and I think my eye doctors' office would buy it in a minute! Looks like a good eye to drop eyedrops into! Hope to see you Monday. Ruth S TJacqueline Bishop 10 Feb 2007
nice work, keeps me looking for more!!Charlene Richards 10 Feb 2007
Outstanding, Olga! I love it!Hanna Stawska 10 Feb 2007
This is beautiful! Great work!Doris B. Lambling 10 Feb 2007
brilliant! genial/geniaal!!! liebe Olga, deine Collagens sind jedes Mal ein Augenschmaus, ein Fest für alle Sinne!!!Anonymous Guest 10 Feb 2007
lieve zus, Ik begrijp echt niet waar jij al die fantasie vandaan haalt om zulke mooie dingen te maken. Ik vind het echt mooi van compositie en zeker de kleurstellingen. Zou zo iets echt wel aan onze woonkamer willen hangen hoor.Liefs en groeten aan allen, Robert en RoseAnonymous Guest 10 Feb 2007
Hi Olga. This canvas should be in The National Gallery of Art. OC RonAnonymous Guest 10 Feb 2007
hi Olga.....This should be in the National Gallery of Art. OC Ron Atkin.Cindy Luke 09 Feb 2007
Great collage alot of interestSeth Weaver 09 Feb 2007
Visually stunning lots of mind tweaking imagery! The patterns tie it all together.Tabitha Borges 09 Feb 2007
love the colors and so much to take in very nice...Aroha Webster 09 Feb 2007
AW MA GOD!!!! THIS IS AWESOME! u r very talented OlgaAnonymous Guest 09 Feb 2007
It's beautiful, Olga and I agree with the comment of "awesome". Denedonna young 09 Feb 2007
Very intriguing and I enjoy all the details you provide in your descriptions.Anonymous Guest 09 Feb 2007
Olga, I really like this one also. I can learn a lot from you through these collages and perhaps use the idea's in my jewelry. Always enjoy the stimulation. Have a great weekend also !! --JantinaBySilent 09 Feb 2007
Outstanding abstract... just stunningJo Glasscock 09 Feb 2007
wow this is awesomeSusan Chasteen 09 Feb 2007
brilliant composition Olga!jamie winter 09 Feb 2007
Very exciting piece. the blue face twisiting down is not only unique and extremly well done, but realy creates a balance in the composition and allows for a multitude of color to be used with great success. extremly well done. jamieRon DeMore 09 Feb 2007
Thats very cool Olga,your really on to something!Carrie Ann Watson 09 Feb 2007
Beautiful piece Olga! Thank you for putting all the info on it as well! It is so neat to be able to learn from the other artists on ArtWanted! :)Emilio B. Campo-Diaz 09 Feb 2007
Simply fantastic.Sylvia Jackovitch-Kallay 09 Feb 2007
This is great ,Olga! Your work is always amazing!Hassan Pasha 09 Feb 2007
There has to be a mathematical explanation for how beautiful this design is ... this is mind blowing ... and yes it shows of YOUR BEAUTIFUL MIND .. so very pretty.. i always loved your blue ...Anonymous Guest 09 Feb 2007
p.s. Mom you are talented! Love Ev "key to the mind"Anonymous Guest 09 Feb 2007
I love the color combinations you have used. They are so eye catching. And the faces that you so careully incorporated. I LOVE IT. "The key to the mind"Anonymous Guest 09 Feb 2007
Ogla you have been blessed with such a beautiful and wonderful gift, your paintings are always a pleasure to see. Love Jack & MaryAnonymous Guest 09 Feb 2007
OLGA THE ART YOU SENT ON LINE IS FABULOUS YOU ARE TOO MUCH............MARY LIKES IT TO......................THANK YOU FOR SHARING... LOV SANDI .Anonymous Guest 09 Feb 2007
Erg mooi van kleur en er valt veel te zien, inspirerend. gerdaKarim Bouchnak 09 Feb 2007
Amazing creation! apart from the wonderful composition, the texture is incredible.Barry Huyett 09 Feb 2007
Beautiful art and theme.Jean M. Laffitau 09 Feb 2007
Most fascinating!! I can't stopping looking at it...GREAT!!Alberto D'Assumpcao 09 Feb 2007
Splendid piece, Olga! Fascinating and very intricate composition!Karen Cash 09 Feb 2007
terrific!Johnny M 09 Feb 2007
*Wow Olga,,,I see so much in this work, and so much influence that what you've titled it, is simply exact. I mean I see Salvador Dali, I see Benjamin Franklin and Warhol, and so many more. The colors are as I would say, special and precisioned so that the scheme of everything in the composition brings to mind just that...great minds. A perfect work of art Olga, thank you for sharing this work! Keep it up!Roz Eve 08 Feb 2007
Very exciting and colorfull. Wonderfull Olga.gregg dutcher 08 Feb 2007
Cool conceptual artwork,....nicely created!!!debbie braswell 08 Feb 2007
beautiful olgasue kramer 08 Feb 2007
absolutely fantastic,what a great jobMrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 08 Feb 2007
Wow!!!Gorgeous creative abstract!!!Stunning!!!Your artistry is Brilliant,my Friend!!!:)Anonymous Guest 08 Feb 2007
Very wonderful abstract, Olga! Everything seems to compliment the other in this composition.Francis Rivera 08 Feb 2007
This is very beautiful! I love the colors used also! ^_^Charles Jones 08 Feb 2007
A very mindful piece, Olga. And the key to perception is what, do you think? Thought? This looks like it was as fun to create as it is to view.Jerry 08 Feb 2007
Very exciting, bold and delightful expression! Lovely!Emily Reed 08 Feb 2007
GREAT, OLGA!Rob Keller 08 Feb 2007
What a great job Olga, fantastic!!! Love RobSara Deutsch 08 Feb 2007
Intriguing!Allanna . 08 Feb 2007
This is soo cool!Tahnja Wolter 08 Feb 2007
Absolutely awesome my friendTeresa Trant 08 Feb 2007
WonderfulCrystal Sons 08 Feb 2007
awsome creation Olga!! full of creativity!! :)geoff cooper 08 Feb 2007
nice creation Olga.Joan Kamaru 08 Feb 2007
Lovely work!linda duffy 08 Feb 2007
ooh la la olga fantastic dats the way a collage shud b done and if u dont mind me sayin so very happening art ...TRENDYStanley Layman 08 Feb 2007
It works!Anonymous Guest 08 Feb 2007
it is beautiful! anneliesAnonymous Guest 08 Feb 2007
Olle, hoe maak je nou zo'n lintengezicht? Teken je eerst het gezicht en ga je er vervolgens het lint van maken, of doe je het gelijk in deze structuur? Ben ik benieuwd naar. Ik vind'm erg knap! JoséAnonymous Guest 08 Feb 2007
Mooi Olga, erg mooie kleuren!! liefs CarlaAnonymous Guest 08 Feb 2007
Looks good ! I like it. FREDBarry Penchansky 08 Feb 2007
reminds me of Dally/ neatterry waites 08 Feb 2007
Wonderfully creative work OlgaNelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 08 Feb 2007
beautiful and playful and superb!!!Loredana 08 Feb 2007
THIS IS FANTASTIC WORK OLGA I JUST LOVE ITS VERY BEAUTIFUL DONE , YOUR SO VERY CREATIVE PIC OF THE DAY :)Ruth Kauffman 08 Feb 2007
Excellent, Olga!!Anne Vis 08 Feb 2007
Outstanding artwork, Olga!Peter Rivron 08 Feb 2007
Wow mind blowing, this piece really rocks. 10++++++cynthia berridge 08 Feb 2007
excellent Olga still looking at some lovleyThom Roslan 08 Feb 2007
Very Impressive collaging techniques.......Love the transparent look to some of the piecesLucia Stewart 08 Feb 2007
Stunning work, creative and super imaginative!mark lane 08 Feb 2007
Wow, what an imagination you must have! I love the light, bright colours. Marvelous work.Denny Gholson 08 Feb 2007
Boy, Makes my mind work, Super !Jerie kunitsky 08 Feb 2007
Magnificant....Really incredible.Brenda Loveless 08 Feb 2007
Absolutely wonderful, Olga; one to contemplate...for years!Eva Kmento 08 Feb 2007
Absolutely super, I love this Pictures so much. Fantastic work. EvaStephen Inglis 08 Feb 2007
Wonderful art work I can see a dog in this picture along with 6 faces the longer you look the more you seeMildred Ann Utroska 08 Feb 2007
It is excellent . It will be great if the key to a better world could be music.Libbe Bouma 08 Feb 2007
Very nice Fanta Olga!! Like it.thea walstra 08 Feb 2007
Wowwww very creative, interesting and beautiful work. Awesome art OlgaPavida Rujatikumporn 08 Feb 2007
Incredible work of art!Steve Farr 08 Feb 2007
Very nice collage, Olga! A lot going on here!! Take care!!Joanna Jungjohann 08 Feb 2007
God You Are AMAZING!!! and so very talented!! peace!Nira Dabush 08 Feb 2007
A splendid collage ,Olga..truly expressive...VERY CREATIVE..Onr of your best collages..to my opinion...REALLY EXCELLENT..!!Joke Schotting 08 Feb 2007
AGREE WITH LAWRENCE MY FRIEND PIC OF THE DAY!!!!!Lawrence Hickman 08 Feb 2007
intresting good and brilliant work awsome jobkiddolucas lee 08 Feb 2007
Fantastic Compositionrichard klingbeil 08 Feb 2007
A very powerful piece Olga,well thought out and composed. its a winner in my book !!Greg Joens 08 Feb 2007
wonderful collage, Olga!José Fortunato 08 Feb 2007
It is really a beautiful minds abstract! I love the colors and your imagination !Janet Gioffre Harrington 08 Feb 2007
Great collage, love the "thoughts' going through yoursand these BEAUTIFUL minds, Olga. Great work.