Skûtsjesilen (pronounced "skoo-jee-zee-lin")
is a race between 14 traditional sailing ships; it is held in the north of Holland
(in the province of Friesland),
at the end of July/ beginning of August.
This race attracts thousands of visitors each year.
This is an other oil impasto.
Since an oil impasto would take up to a year to dry, I first used a modeling paste
to texturize the canvas.
Then I painted this oil with big rough bristles (dry brushing technique)
and lots of different palette knives.
Copyright Olga van Dijk 2008©
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62 Comments
Elton Houck 08 May 2020
outstanding,,,love the action.. I can feel the ocean spray in my faceYLLI HARUNI 09 Sep 2010
Impressive!sumanta hutait 28 Aug 2009
i just love it olgaAnonymous Guest 14 Apr 2009
Bold colorful Olga RVAnonymous Guest 14 Apr 2009
Bold colorful Olga RVDeShawn Robinson 17 Aug 2008
Lovely work ...beautiful colors!!:)Volinschi Sergiu 04 Aug 2008
I love sea, too...your artwork it is essence, so powerful ! ...this red, one would suppose that the sea burning!Francis Rivera 03 Aug 2008
Wow! A beautiful painting! ^_^Aqua1955 01 Aug 2008
Great way of painting these ships. It is tipical for the start of the Skûtsjesilen. Time for all those Americans to watch it live and see what beautifull and realistic work you made.Analua 31 Jul 2008
Marvelous!kath nepia 29 Jul 2008
WOW! THIS IS OUTSTANDING..BRILLANT USE OF COLOR AND I LIKE YOUR STYLE.Lior Goldenberg 29 Jul 2008
Absolutely stunning!Ora Moon 29 Jul 2008
Excellent, this is by far one of your very best paintings! BRAVO! :)Donald Schrier 29 Jul 2008
So much detail and a wonderful use of colors. Very beautiful work.Seth Weaver 29 Jul 2008
A work full of life and excitement. Stunning, Olga.Jan van Baarle 29 Jul 2008
Een juweeltje! My POD!Nira Dabush 29 Jul 2008
Expressive energetic, summery scenery, dear Olga. Love & light to you and yours, NiraMJ Mitchell 29 Jul 2008
I LOVE the colors and movement - absolutely gorgeous work of art - magnificent Olga!!!Izabella Pavlushko 29 Jul 2008
Olga, you so well conveyed the state of this event. Bravo !!! The light is just coming from inside. GREAT !!! ~ Izabella & NikolayFiona Robinson 29 Jul 2008
love it, like all your paintings it's alive with colour!!margaret mckeehan 29 Jul 2008
Beautiful work, very well doneRoy Boobyer 29 Jul 2008
Vibrant an beautiful Olga!Thom Roslan 29 Jul 2008
Totally "stunning" indeed Olga....Love the free-flow of your colors WOW ! ! ! It's like a kaleidescope of color......Just beautiful !Anneke Hut 28 Jul 2008
I love the sky!! It's wonderful to see the business of this day, all the skutsjes crisscross sailing. :)Jim Cabay 28 Jul 2008
Olga, you know what I'm thinking....I can'nt wait till I can afford to collect you-------CubbyFrank Maguire 28 Jul 2008
Dear Olga, some few pints of van Goghs blood must have sneaked [leaked] back along the bloodlines into your body and mind that you can paint like this and you didn't even have to hold your hand over a flaming candle. Does Fred know that he is married to a painting genius or does he just think you make good coffee? This is such a wonderful painting, such color and illumination, movement and sex..... there is always sex. Who can escape it? Who would want to? Luv and Laffs. Frank.joan warburton 28 Jul 2008
This is one of my favorites! Balanced beautiful and gorgeous colors!Mary Janosik 28 Jul 2008
This is a wonderful piece, Olga!! There is much animation in the color and the light is amazing!!!Mrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 28 Jul 2008
STUNNING Striking Beauty!!!Brilliant Masterful Artwork,my Friend!!!,Dee&David :):)Carmen Hernandez 28 Jul 2008
always you surprise me..well done.OlgaBev Chudey 28 Jul 2008
Love this painting Olga!Anonymous Guest 28 Jul 2008
BEAUTIFUL WPRK OLGA DEBBIE BRASWELLDavid Holcombe 28 Jul 2008
This is a bright and beautiful work. It is filled with color and movement, much like the race itself. The touches of blue bring out the dominant yellows and reds. Lots of fun.Ann Fawssett-Atkin 28 Jul 2008
Wonderful colour Olga . Gives a great feeling of the raceAlberto D'Assumpcao 28 Jul 2008
Splendid composition, Olga!!! Fantastic colours!leny hendrickx 28 Jul 2008
very beatyful painting! also how you comment your work with explanation text,, my complements !!!Joanna Jungjohann 28 Jul 2008
very bold and fine at once, olga. a masterpiece!~José Fortunato 28 Jul 2008
Wonderful series ! We can feel the race start !BravoKC CHANG 28 Jul 2008
GREAT!! JUST GREAT!!Sherly J 28 Jul 2008
lovely!Annette Labedzki 28 Jul 2008
wonderful olgaBrigitte Hintner 28 Jul 2008
Fantastic work dear Olga .....love it in every way !!! TOP NOTCH !!!Petra Wohlwerth 28 Jul 2008
Incredible. Again a wonderful work.Olga Dmytrenko 28 Jul 2008
Awesome! Love it very very much, Olga!Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 28 Jul 2008
GEWELDIG WERK!!!!!!!Tabitha Borges 28 Jul 2008
love the bold colors and detailsMimoza Oronova 28 Jul 2008
VERY BEAUTIFUL PAINTING !Ai Shan 28 Jul 2008
Beautiful and great technique Olga!Pat Abbott 28 Jul 2008
I love the technique, gorgeous colors!Joke Schotting 28 Jul 2008
Absoluut prachtig brilliant work my friend Olga!!Michael Germann 28 Jul 2008
Fabulous work great colorCowGirlZen Artworks 28 Jul 2008
outstanding work!Jerie kunitsky 28 Jul 2008
Wow...just breathtaking...Sharon Gonzalez 28 Jul 2008
OH, OLGA. THIS IS SO VERY SO VERY STUNNING. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.jamie winter 28 Jul 2008
this is most awesome and my pic of the dayAnonymous Guest 28 Jul 2008
Machtig mooi werk jouw Skûtsjesilen, Olga! Ben het met Gerard totaal eens! liefs, annette steensGerard van den Berge 28 Jul 2008
Prachtige sfeer en een klasse painting ; kan zo in het Cobra Museum in Amstelveen !!Teresa Dominici 28 Jul 2008
Fantastic painting and full of colors, great composition.Loredana 28 Jul 2008
Awesome my friendAndrew Dragh 28 Jul 2008
Very unique style! Original!Barry Huyett 28 Jul 2008
luv the sails!Armando Salas 28 Jul 2008
Another Olga's jewel. This painting looks full of color, light and joy. I'm just working on the opposite ("Costa da Morte", you know). Good morning, dear friend. What about the red shoe? If it's made of Murano... perhaps you're Cinderella, who knows?:-) LOL!