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Small oil/collage 8'x10' on canvas
Inspired by my last visit to my motherland, my native land
The NETHERLANDS
Please check this short movie about windmills (1 minute)
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Twenty kilometers east of the large Dutch port of Rotterdam is an exceptional and captivating landscape of windmills, Kinderdijk. For many centuries the windmills played an important role in the drainage and subsequent reclamation of land in the Netherlands.
Up until the 19th century there were more than ten thousand windmills in Holland and even though only a fraction of them still exist they are still an important resource.
The nineteen windmills in the Kinderdijk area were built in the 18th century along the waterways of Lek and Noord. In the past the sails of the redundant windmills were used as a means of communication: the position of the sails indicated if there was reason to celebrate or to grieve or if the operators of the mill had taken a short break.
The traditions of the Dutch windmill are still kept very much alive by several millers keen to continue the rich heritage created by previous generations.
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71 Comments
David Holcombe 17 Jun 2009
It"s nice to see the very concrete notion of windmills be transformed into something so abstract and cheerful. You work retains some of the circular movement.Ross Elbert 04 Oct 2008
i can hear it, echt mooi!margaret mckeehan 03 Aug 2008
FANTASTICradfax radfax 24 Jul 2008
Nice abstract. Love the colours in this piece, + the texture and additions, like he music score, good workgiuseppe dibenedetto 17 Jul 2008
the gentle "melting touch" of the colour, superbe!Sara Deutsch 12 Jul 2008
...Love the movement and light happy colors...Gina Cowins 30 Jun 2008
Olga, very nice work, I love your musical scale.Tahnja Wolter 07 Jun 2008
gorgeous work my dear friendAqua1955 07 Jun 2008
I know the place and have been there. Your picture is a great tribute to all those beautifull windmills in holland.. singing.. daar bij die molen, die mooie molen..Chas Sinklier 06 Jun 2008
Olga, this is one of the greatest collages I've seen and I've seen some - if I were still teaching at university, I would ask to use this image as example of the genre ~:0)v blair 06 Jun 2008
I love this! Excellent piece Olga!Vilma Rohena 06 Jun 2008
I love abstracts and collages! This is an awesome piece!Denny Gholson 06 Jun 2008
Interesting Olga ! Superthea walstra 06 Jun 2008
Very creative and artistic work OlgaCristina Andrisan 06 Jun 2008
Intersting collage,great subject and art work!craig moline 05 Jun 2008
Very creative work. I like it alot.luci reader 05 Jun 2008
excellent collage, really cool!Caballero Salguero 05 Jun 2008
Olga : Thank yuo. Great piece abstract. Good composition and forms, colours,good concept. Always. JoseBarry Huyett 05 Jun 2008
unique and creative....well done!Robin Mead 05 Jun 2008
Fabulous...love the colors and textured effects...musical notes and type is superbly placed...Great piece all around....!!!Nilantha Lokunarangode 05 Jun 2008
very very wonderful painting my friendNelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 05 Jun 2008
prachtig de muziek verwerkt in de wieken!!!Hui Zhu 05 Jun 2008
Wonderful work ^o^ Excellent !!!Mary Janosik 04 Jun 2008
Upliftng and cheery!!! Excellent piece!! I love the score in the sail!! :)lillianhibiscus 04 Jun 2008
wonderful vibrant, lively painting!Mrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 04 Jun 2008
BEAUTIFUL Brilliant work of Art,Olga!!!Fantastic mixed media!!!Thanks for the very informative piece on Windmills!!!Great Fine Art,my Friend!!!,Dee&David :):)Celeste Smith 04 Jun 2008
Wonderful piece Olga !!!so very colorful and catching to the eye !!Robert Cobb 04 Jun 2008
Wow ...beautiful composition with wonderful colurs and textures!! Great piece Olga!!Emilio B. Campo-Diaz 04 Jun 2008
Excellent composition. I like the movement, texture and colours.KC CHANG 04 Jun 2008
FABULOUS!Vivian Gutierrez 04 Jun 2008
wow...great work!!!Chris Roukema 04 Jun 2008
Most Awesome Tribute and Work, Olga!Pepita Selles 04 Jun 2008
Very artistic, wonderful mixedmedia artworkron sargent 04 Jun 2008
Just a wonderful piece of artwork!Brigitte Hintner 04 Jun 2008
What wonderful tribute to your native homeland dear Olga ! These old windmills are amazing and beautiful !!! Thanks for sahring !!! You're great :-)Jan Jacob Mekes 04 Jun 2008
Erg mooi, vooral ook met die toepasselijke knipseltjes die erin zijn verwerkt! :)Bev Chudey 04 Jun 2008
This is so Beautiful Olga! Love the story!Rebecca Mullan 04 Jun 2008
Stunning, delightful work Olga!!! Your talent is amazing!!Kathie Nichols 04 Jun 2008
Brilliant artwork Olga...as always....wow!!!!!Ruth Kauffman 03 Jun 2008
Glad to see you able to paint again, Olga!!! :) This is so very beautiful and thank you for the windmill story!! :):)Phil Cashdollar 03 Jun 2008
fantastic creation of art olga...bravousha shantharam 03 Jun 2008
very nice workANTAN TUTRA 03 Jun 2008
fantasticAnnette Labedzki 03 Jun 2008
fantastic!Frank Maguire 03 Jun 2008
You have a wonderful and happy imagination Olga, which is illustrated so well in your colorful paintings and this is no exception. I love it.Donald Schrier 03 Jun 2008
This is such a wonderful work and I love the usage of all the different medium.ArtyRene 03 Jun 2008
wonderfull workCathy Jones 03 Jun 2008
I LOVE WINDMILLS! Your work captures them so beautifully! I love the story of your homeland, and hope to visit there someday soon! Beautiful piece Olga!Loredana 03 Jun 2008
This is Awesome OlgaAlberto D'Assumpcao 03 Jun 2008
Delightful composition, Dear Olga!!!Ann Fawssett-Atkin 03 Jun 2008
Very lovely collage Olga - and thanks for the windmill info . Ten thousand windmills...wow.Nira Dabush 03 Jun 2008
WONDERFULLY COMPOSED, DEAR OLGA. The colour use is excellent.. as well as the textures are full of movement. It bring Old memories my way of notes, from long time ago.. those notes, I can't really use these days. Happy work.. LOVE & LIGHT To you, EVERYDAY !!Seth Weaver 03 Jun 2008
Wonderful work and commentary, Olga.Petra Wohlwerth 03 Jun 2008
This is a very interessting artwork. The lively colors are wonderful and one can see, you love windmills and your native country.Sandra McClure 03 Jun 2008
I love windmills. They are intruiging. I got to go inside one in the Netherlands. Such a neat story about them. Excellent collage Olga.Jerie kunitsky 03 Jun 2008
Oga, This is marvelous...Thanks for the information. I am also Anonymous below. JKJosé Fortunato 03 Jun 2008
Wonderful OlgaAnonymous Guest 03 Jun 2008
Wonderful art as always....and the information you relay to us is always so informative. The music notes in this piece can signify the sounds created by the wind blowing through the blades of the windmill and I can almost hear them.terry waites 03 Jun 2008
Fantastic as always OlgaOlga Dmytrenko 03 Jun 2008
Great, Olga!jamie winter 03 Jun 2008
Olga this is fantastic work. the windmills are so well described in the painting wow!!!!!Anneke Hut 03 Jun 2008
That's a great way of painting mills! So wonderful how you've captured the events in the sails. I love the little piece of sheet of music, like the sound of the wind is playing.Matt Falk 03 Jun 2008
wow thi sis so coolmichael falk 03 Jun 2008
awesome work!!!!!!cynthia berridge 03 Jun 2008
stunning art work love the coloursDan Falk 03 Jun 2008
awesome work Ms. Van DijikSharon Gonzalez 03 Jun 2008
Fantastic, Olga! Wow!Joke Schotting 03 Jun 2008
WOW MIJN FRIEND ZOALS ALTIJD AWESOME WORK AGAIN!!!!!Linda Scott 03 Jun 2008
How lovely! Exciting palette.Gerard van den Berge 03 Jun 2008
Daar bij die molen....de abstractie van rotatie van land en water en je zorgvuldige uitleg ; vaak weet jij er meer van dan den Hollanders zelf ; zoals ik...prachtig werk OlgaTeresa Dominici 03 Jun 2008
Olga I like this a lot, great composition.