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Yesterday I taught my second subject at the Academy for Lifelong Learning: abstracts in Nature: STORMY WEATHER. My students are awesome and grabbing the abstracts pretty fast!
"View from our window!"
With this painting I wanted to capture
a gloomy atmosphere, the feeling of
a threatening storm approaching.
I want the viewer to hear the
thunder rumbling and to feel
the sense of a looming
storm.
There is an intensity of darks, blues
and green tones, in which the top and
bottom balance each other out.
I like the intensity of the clouds and
sky, contrasting the low dark
horizon with the rolling hills.
A big "Thank You" to
Han Stuster for his
advise; he is an awesome Dutch abstract painter,
living in Norway with his wife
Mette Brjertingstad
, also an accomplished artist.
(Check their portfolio's by clicking on their name)
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Dimensions: 20'x16' (50x40 cm )
This acrylic is painted on a
Studio stretched canvas.
Painted staple free sides.
Painting doesn't need a frame.
Copyright Olga
van Dijk 2007
All rights reserved.
Unauthorized copying or use of images is prohibited.
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82 Comments
Joan Stohlman 09 Jun 2008
Very nice, Olga, and appropriate for me to find it when we are experiencing just that type of weather around here (Michigan) the past weekend. We felt the approaching storm close enough to spend an hour in our basement, until the all clear sounded.Cristina Andrisan 19 May 2008
Great artwork,it shows not only work but and lot of walent.I like all the paintings from this gallery.Dell Belew 17 Oct 2007
Olga, a beautiful, intense expression. I can feel the storm. Dellradfax radfax 29 Aug 2007
This would make for a nice book coverAndrei Sorokin 12 Aug 2007
I love This painting, Thanks for Your coment. A.S.Greetje Faber 03 Jul 2007
Olga, I love the blue's and the green's Very beautifull workNira Dabush 07 Jun 2007
totally dramatic awesome work..!!Emily Gomez 21 May 2007
Beautiful colors! Very nice work!Anonymous Guest 23 Apr 2007
Great Painting, Olga!Brigitte Hintner 23 Apr 2007
It's so beautifully done my friend so it's my pic of the day .......the sky is really amazing ! Bravo !Curtis Fleming 23 Apr 2007
This looks like a cool storm! I like storms! :-)Meg Murray 01 Mar 2007
What a glorious color comboHanna Stawska 28 Feb 2007
Wonderful work Olga, fantastic colors!:)Tabitha Borges 26 Feb 2007
love the blues and layer of the sky very niceBlue Doll 26 Feb 2007
very very beautyfullAngelina 25 Feb 2007
very very nice OLGA !!Robin Brown 23 Feb 2007
You have a talent for impressing the world with your work & this is just one exampleJohn Segon-Fisher 23 Feb 2007
Beautifully done Olga - you have a style which expresses so much character and strength.Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 22 Feb 2007
marvellous powerful work!!!!!!!jamie winter 22 Feb 2007
Olga, you were able to achieve the dynamics of a storm. This painting is full of movement and that movement coupled with your use of color makes the sea look threatening. Fantastic Olga., jamieBarry Huyett 22 Feb 2007
Beautiful stormy abstract and great colors.stephanie atlee 22 Feb 2007
Great job...love the stormy moody atmospherePenny Myers 21 Feb 2007
Beautfi;l display of power in the sky.Irena Dukule 21 Feb 2007
This is wonderful abstract, Olga. I like the combination of colours.Tom and Susan Repasky 21 Feb 2007
I am truly able to sense the approaching storm while viewing this magnificent work of art Olga!! The colors and textures are amazing, as is the brilliant composition!! Excellent job on this stunning masterpiece!! ~STrine Meyer Vogsland 21 Feb 2007
I like you brave use of such a low horizon line - it really makes the sky and the approaching storm the center of attentionRoz Eve 21 Feb 2007
Love the colors!epsylon lyrae 21 Feb 2007
So very beautifull:)Francis Rivera 21 Feb 2007
This is very beautiful work! ^_^BySilent 21 Feb 2007
Outstanding workRenata Cavanaugh 21 Feb 2007
BeautifulEmilio B. Campo-Diaz 21 Feb 2007
Excellent work. Nice colors and atmosphere, I like it.BethRandall BrianRoss 21 Feb 2007
Very well done!Anonymous Guest 21 Feb 2007
This paint it's so beautiful Olga, Aline PottierAnonymous Guest 21 Feb 2007
This paint it's so beautiful Olga!Kevin Lambeth 21 Feb 2007
AWESOME! Can feel the electrical charge building, very intence and brooding, exactly like you get before a real stormJanet Gioffre Harrington 21 Feb 2007
You've achieved your goal, here, Olga! The darkness and the far contrasting areas of light make this a very intense feeling. beautiful!Anonymous Guest 21 Feb 2007
very nice- looking like sea and sky wavesJerry 21 Feb 2007
Lovely impression!Karen Cash 21 Feb 2007
wonderful and powerful!Reba McDonald 20 Feb 2007
I can see the storm brewing in this painting. Good work Olga.Anonymous Guest 20 Feb 2007
Beautiful abstract Olga, your students must be honour to have you as thier teacher. Jenny Gulserendebbie braswell 20 Feb 2007
BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS OLGAHassan Pasha 20 Feb 2007
MARVELLOUS.... i feel a hint of sorrow in it ... i dont know but just a teeny weeny hint .. yet again its so beautiful to look at ... i can gaze at it the whole day .. i can feel the strong winds .. i can hear the thunder ... perhaps a lightening in there somewhere ... such is the brilliance of your work that it has a guy like me imagining ... so full of feelings .. AWESOME i'd sayGabriele Swanson 20 Feb 2007
This is outstanding Olga..beautiful abstractHoward Leibowitz 20 Feb 2007
Awesome work, blue is my favorite color. Love this piece.Seth Weaver 20 Feb 2007
Charming I love the cool blues!James Battersby 20 Feb 2007
Lovely work....i am a fan of that style :D. In Ireland it's like that these days....it really seems like orc mischief to me lol....the dark clouds...and yet as the painting shows, beyond the darkness there is light...and a beautiful light it is too;)Emily Reed 20 Feb 2007
BEAUTIFUL.... LOOKS LIKE A POLDER!Ana Berry 20 Feb 2007
Very Very Nice!debbie collier 20 Feb 2007
Beautifully done!! I love the colors!!Alberto D'Assumpcao 20 Feb 2007
Splendid colours, Olga! Wonderful composition!Jerie kunitsky 20 Feb 2007
Wow....wonderful title..I think this is a perfect example of what the fury of a storm would look like in abstract...I am working on a new one for Monday.....did not like the black void I created before. If the title of the class project was "the Black Hole"...My previous painting would have been perfect..Bev Chudey 20 Feb 2007
Beautiful feeling in the one Olga!!!Klaudia Warwel 20 Feb 2007
beautiful artwork. fantastic colorsRuth Kauffman 20 Feb 2007
I LOVE THIS abstract, Olga!! The colors are gorgeous! I'm sure your students enjoyed it very much also!! :)terry waites 20 Feb 2007
This is wonderful Olga, my type of painting I love itTahnja Wolter 20 Feb 2007
beautiful strong coloursMildred Ann Utroska 20 Feb 2007
Stunning artwork with the beauty of a stormy day.Joke Schotting 20 Feb 2007
O OLGA THIS IS AN GREAT AND AWESOME ART!!!!HIER GAAT HET OOK VOLOP REGENEN IK VERLANG NAAR DE ZOMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mary Janosik 20 Feb 2007
Definately relates everything you wanted it to!!! Don't even bother with the umbella... :)Analua 20 Feb 2007
Excelent marvelous work my dear Olga!!!!Cindy Luke 20 Feb 2007
Beautiful Olga Wonderful colorsDenny Gholson 20 Feb 2007
Stormy Beautiful Olga ! Great Colorscynthia berridge 20 Feb 2007
this is gorgeous Olga, such beautiful colours my pic of the dayMichael Forbus 20 Feb 2007
Excellent work, Olga, beautiful detail and emotion in the painting. Great natural work. MiguelAnneke Hut 20 Feb 2007
Great art with beautiful colours.Carrie Ann Watson 20 Feb 2007
Beautiful work Olga! Did you use black in this or just very dark blues to get the depth here? Wonderful amount of colors on this! Awesome work! :)Karim Bouchnak 20 Feb 2007
So sensitive and powerful, really wonderful ;O)Ingrid Kolster 20 Feb 2007
Great abstract!Frank Maguire 20 Feb 2007
Are you sure Olga, That you haven't smuggled a few nude into this beautiful storm picture, those hills look suspiciously like nudes to me. Great work.gilberte vermeulen 20 Feb 2007
A beautiful palette and a super motion in the waves.thea walstra 20 Feb 2007
Very beautiful moody work.Ginger Lovellette 20 Feb 2007
You accomplished it very well! Isn't it thrilling to teach children? Admire you, dear!Rob Keller 20 Feb 2007
Great Job Olga, with the lights and the darks, from your artfriend Robbert cortes 20 Feb 2007
One beautiful acrylic painting, Olga.Carliss Mora 20 Feb 2007
It had to have been a very impressionable learning experience! Superbly well done!Anonymous Guest 20 Feb 2007
Olga, every painting is unique, and this one is just wonderful. It does just to a rumbling storm. CarolMrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 20 Feb 2007
Powerful Stunning artistry!!Ominous and striking with gorgeous color variations!!!Great Fine Art,my Friend!!!Anonymous Guest 20 Feb 2007
Great use of colors and capturing the heavens during a storm!-John PGAnonymous Guest 20 Feb 2007
Congratulations on your new teaching position. The colors in your newest piece are GREAT! See you on Saturday. Love- GailJoanna Jungjohann 20 Feb 2007
Olga, wow, such a strong piece, you got what you wanted hun, this one screams. . . OUTSTANDING!!!! Bravo!