The cutting and gluing is a most
precise work.
(Use Matte Medium (Liquitex) only; it's an
excellent glue medium for Collages!)
I painted a Dutch snow
landscape between the trees, changed the
trees and gave it the typical Dutch
Willow Tree character.
I JUST LOVE IT. __________
Van Gogh in a letter to his brother
Theo: and... ___________
Some of Van Gogh's pollard
willow paintings: ___________
Some info about Dutch willow
trees:
Copyright Olga van Dijk
2009©
I think van Gogh would!
smile
(c.15 October
1881)
”If one draws a pollard willow as if it were
a living being, which after all is what it really
is, then the surroundings follow almost by
themselves, provided only that one has
focused all one's attention on that particular
tree and not rested until there was some life in
it.”
”… in all nature, for instance in trees, I see
expression and soul… ”
5 November 1882
HERE you
have an example of van Gogh's willow
trees.
This is
van Gogh's
pollard willow with setting
sun.
This is a chalk
drawing of van Gogh's
pollard willows.
Website of the van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam with tons of
info.
Letter
sketch
Lots of Dutch painters (such as van Gogh) used
the Pollard Willow Tree to show a typical Dutch
landscape
Common name is KNOTWILG (in
Dutch) Pollard-Willow.
The Botanical name is Salix
Alba
It has soft wood, with an average age of 50
years.
In Holland it's a common tree;
there are many willows.
When the pollard willow achieves a height of
200-250 cm, (appr. 78 inches) the upper
branches are cut off, so the max. height will
stay all at the same size.
That gives this particular look of these trees in
Holland's landscape.
The young twigs are used for many purposes:
willow matting, hoops, baskets, wooden
shoes, artwork
This is another
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John Cappello 09 Sep 2012
Provides Uncontaminated, Pure View that captures the flavor, mood from an Extraordinary Point of view.Sebastiaan Koenen 29 Jul 2012
Interisting work Olga!Olga Gorbacheva 23 Oct 2011
Very beautiful art, Olga.Ingrid Stiehler 28 Sep 2011
Wonderful decorative artwork - well done! Thanks for your kind comment about my work - I really appreciate it! IngridAnonymous Guest 31 Aug 2011
Simply marvelous piece, Olga. I love everything about it.