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Sahara (Dust Storm) by Roberto "ROY" Ercolino

Sahara (Dust Storm)

Mixed-media On Canvas 70x80 cm

Another painting from the realist serie...I guess the last one.
After the cold and wet "Calm...", the hot and dry "Sahara...". For those who missed my red. :))
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Hello Roy! Wonderful scene and great realism! "5"
7 months ago
Thank you so much Guntis!
7 months
Feel how hot is there... Wonderful red and yellow :-)
7 months
Thank you so much Sasha!
7 months
Roberto, how can you do it, only you know, and I can only sense that YOU are the only one that can do it with this fullness of senses given to the viewer!
It's the blowing hot wind, the sand in our faces, and the blowing light that covers all landscape with such brightness that our eyes and "soul" must catch!!!
It's a masterpiece Roberto! For sure one of my favourites!
7 months
This was my goal: to capture the sense of dust and warm wind...I think that there is a very nice movement in it.
Thank you very much Luna!
7 months
Hi Roberto,another amazing painting, it really warms me( now the temperature outside is minus 10) not only physical but mental as well.The yellow light is so attractive that one wishes to penetrate through it.
Compliments 5*****, Aneli
7 months
I am happy to have give you a bit of warmth in this cold winter day, thank you very much for your comment Aneli!
7 months
beautiful work Roy, I can feel the heat and the lightness of the dust in this work. A very beautiful composition
7 months
That's great Carma, so I got my goal.
Thank you very much!
7 months
Questo per me e il vero erotismo nella pittura... C'e ne molto da dire anche su questo tuo dipinto. This kind light is wormiest then all sunsets of the Heaven. Bravo Roberto! Compliments and Regards.:-)))
7 months
Mi piace l'idea dell'erotismo pittorico...Thank you very much for your comment Gabriela!
7 months
Breathtaking!!! Bravo Roberto! Kind regards, Turyza.
7 months
Thank you very very much Turyza!
7 months
Stunning as always!
7 months
Thank you very much Adhishray!
7 months
Dear Roberto,
Yes, indeed, I am one of them missing the warmth red of yours...
There is a beautiful sensation of movement in this picture. I can feel myself inside this desert, Bravo again! :)
7 months
Thank you very much Bettina! I send you a little of the italian warmth to your beautiful and cold cold land. :)
7 months
When you paint all the colors come alive...my 5 stars.
7 months
Thank you very much Radov (is it this your name?) for the high rate!
7 months
Hi,Roberto!
I love the expression of your subject,this is a gorgeous painting! Beautifully done!5*****

Best regards!-))
7 months
Thank you very much Zivka!
7 months
Oh wow! I've lived through this very scene many times in the middle east. It's ALIVE Roy, you caught it exactly, absolute magic! :)
7 months
I never been in the desert so for me this is just an imaginary scene (I never paint something from photos...), if you tell me that this is similar to reality, you make me happy! :))
Thank you very much Barbara!
7 months
Hi Roberto, Yes, you sure have captured the movement and the blinding effect of the hot,dry sandstorm. Gr8! Regards Rob.
7 months
That's great! Thank you very much Rob!
7 months
A very calm and warm atmosphere!Love it!All the best for you Roy!
7 months
Thanks very much Roger!
7 months
Hi Roy, wow amazing work. I love the colours.. I love the whole abstract. And a dust storm.. we have them very often here.. I live in the desert so to be expected.. But they leave an awfull mess in the house and everything else.The last one was two days ago. Normal for summer here. 5***** Kerry
7 months
...So you know very well this situation...and can understand better this painting, surelly much more than me! :))
Thank you very much Kerry!
7 months
Wow!Stunning work again,my friend!
So beautiful and delicate!
Congratulations!
All the best,Iby
7 months
Thank you very much dear Iby!
7 months
Yes I feel the heat, the red sand blinding. Beautiful. xxx Paula
7 months
Thank you very much Paula!
7 months
As always,I love your work and gallery. This is absolutely beautiful with brilliant and gorgeous colors. Perfect fitting with the title. 5*****
7 months
Always very appreciated your comments Oldivad! Thank you.
7 months
oh my, you finally put it on here. it is so amazing and though i have never been to the sahara, i have been in the desert during a dust storm and it is so real. but most of all this painting pulls you into it'self and scorches you yet leaving your eyes open to its incredible beauty. your realism is as good as your abstract for they all contain your soul. xxx
7 months
Thank you very very much dear Nonna, i knew that you was waiting this work on PIL...You ask, I do! :))
7 months
love your "flat" kept paintings very much.....breathing color areas, warmth and hot winds, the pyramide like a fata morgana....great Roy!
7 months
That's nice Chris! because my intention was create a fata morgana effect with the pyramid...Your words tell me that i succeded. :))
7 months
"Fantastic" just looking at the painting, before viewing the title or description, it generates such warmth and heat. Amazing as ever 5***** :-)
7 months
You are always kind with me Dawn, thank you for ALL the beautiful comments on my works! :)
7 months
I am probably so kind because I truly love your work, and because you of the beautiful works of art you create. You have an amazing talent Roberto :-)
7 months
this is amaizing!
7 months
Thank you very much Constatin!
7 months
Brilliant! I can feel it from here in OZ! 5******
7 months
Thank you so much Charleen for your words and high rate!
7 months
Roy~ Hurray the Red is back~~ I think you work with the highest excellence with your reds... you make the color come alive, with interest and with such depth. This is so stunning~ Bravo~5** :)
7 months
Thanks Chrisann! You're right, i work better with reds, but i must confess that my dream is paint a marvellous green work. :) Maybe one day...
7 months
Perfection and beauty! I Have loved this series Roy. Great use of colours and contrast as always with you.
7 months
Thank you very much Steve, always appreciated your comments! I love this serie as well.
7 months
Fabulous...great energy from this work.
7 months
Thank you so much DH!
7 months
Absolutely love the flow and the colors in this painting. I can relate to dust storms. :~) d
7 months
Thank you so much D.!
7 months
Splendid colours!
7 months
Thank you very much Demeter! I love your colors as well.
7 months
Great powerful red colour,beautiful piece of art,Roy.
7 months
Thank you very much Gerard! Very very appreciated.
7 months
What shy from this piece so powerful?Oh,yes,I know,it's Roberto's strong feelings and great love in light!Splendid art work full with life!Do you need red color,my dear friend?In my colection this color isn't used very much!Love this energy of red and warm yellow like star's dust! Fascinating work...I am speechless,indeed! You are master,absolutely! I think you are supreme master of art! Bravo! Big hugs and many stars from me,Ankica
7 months
Such beautiful compliments Ankika...! You make me blush and I really hope to deserve your words.
Why don't you not use red color so much? I'm curious... :)
7 months
Roy, there is tangible dry heat, searing through your painting to the viewer - amazing work!
7 months
Thank you so much dear Rene!
7 months
stunning once again roy! thanks for adding to my group
7 months
Thank YOU for have accepted me in your group! :))
And thank you for your comment Daniel!
7 months
You promised a stunning painting in orange colors and it really is delicious. I have no doubt that I find myself in the desert. It's just before I get sand my eyes. Lovely. Pia
7 months
That it means that you follow my work...thank you very very much for that Pia! A hug.
7 months
Roy this canvas is so alive.. the warmth and the depth of the reds pull my being right to it as the yellow lights the way to all that is Bliss!!! I find this one extreamly moving and beautiful... Best Regards, Lin
7 months
I'm glad that you like it! Truly.
Thank you so much Lin!
7 months
Love the movement of these bold beautiful colors! 5* - Joyce
7 months
Thank you very very much Joyce for your words and high rate!
7 months
Love it Roy. Excellent...excellent!
7 months
A great compliment coming from you...Thank you very much Brian!
7 months
This is your way,Roy!Excellent way______depth lighting in desert life______great,pure 5******5!!!xxx
7 months
Thank you so much Pittore! You spoil me. :))
7 months
What more can I say Roy??? Its a stunning picture as always and really reflects your passion...I love your red and your light always xxxx
7 months
...And i love YOU always! :))
7 months
magic and fabulous as usual roy!
7 months
Hi william, thank you very much!
7 months
wonderful warmth and explosion of colour - love your work Roberto
7 months
Thank you very very much Caroline!
7 months
Well, this would have to be up there in my favourites of your work. The egyptian touch of subtlety is sublime. Your use of a warm palette is second to none. I love your gallery and this is a fantastic addition to it. Roberto, your glow is amazing to the eye. To see it for real would be a pleasure. Great soft movement, beautiful balance and just enough detail to have the viewer's eye wonder all around the composition. Congratulations.
7 months
My dear Lydia...it's amazing to be one of your favourites because YOU are one of my favourites! :))
You know, the egyptian touch is there because of you; once again you inspire me and once again...is your fault! :))) I love you.
7 months
Beautifully done, and yes I have missed your red, and probably alot of your paintings, as I have been off pil for a while, so please accept my apologies Roberto...I will try to catch up...promise:) This is glorious..I can feel the heat, and the sand blowing in the warm saharan winds..conjours up memories of my holiday in Morocco..love it.xx
7 months
I missed you too Alison! Welcome back and delice me with your Carnival serie...I'm here waiting. :)
Thank you very much for your devotion!
7 months
The finished piece is there...hope you like it honey.xx
7 months
roberto
just saw your work for the first time. it is exceptional. you have a wonderful eye and an amazing way with color.
david
7 months
Thank you very much David! Much appreciate.
7 months
Classic work brother ROY.5X5X5 stars!!!!!!
7 months
Hi bros, thank you very much!
7 months
This is outstanding Roy i love these colours and so beautifully blended 5*****
7 months
Thank you very very much Wendy! :)
7 months
Hi Roberto hope you are well?. the blending in this and the colours are fantastic and I love the almost disaperance of the pyromid by the sand, seeing that made it so much more for me. A great sucess this work 5*****
regards Ricky
7 months
Hi dear Ricky, yes, was not easy achieve the evanescence of the pyramid, but I think that is the strong point of the picture, the focus and the real meaning. It give a sense of mistery to the atmosphere and i'm happy that you noticed it.
Thank you very much!
7 months
yes I totally agree with you. It took a little time to see it but wow was it worth it. The pyromids have been a sours of mystery for 1000s of years and yor painting has captured this and I must say that it is my favorit I have seen and would enrich any room it is hung.
6 months
Brilliant! A wonderful dust storm of reds, and Ambers, and yellows making the Pyramid to fade out into the distant horizon. 5***** Regards Angela
7 months
Thank you very much Angela!
7 months
i love this one a lot Roy nice and warm colors
7 months
Thank you very much Moosje!
7 months
i love the beautiful warm colours,very well done,as always.
7 months
Thank you so much Deidre! Much appreciated.
7 months
Roberto,

I must ask your forgiveness for I must say something over again exactly as I did before…

“There are but a few words we possess but there are so many ways to combine them. An artist has but a few primary colors to works from, yet there are so many ways to mix them. Thoughts and feelings combine thru strokes of color and the imagination is stimulated once again. When the words are combined with the music an artist sings a song for all to see and hear. But is it really so different this work of yours. For if you are following the concept of form follows function in this new technique then you have embarked upon what we all strive for a renewed vision in our work. There is evidence that you possess a visual vocabulary and it springs from your imagination here as it has from all of the work you have shared with us. This work is more of the earth in its color than the more stellar compositions and their bold and vivid colors. I see a sojourn thru the previous compositions as you break thru their inner emotions and arrive here. It also shows that you are maturing and this series, if it becomes one, will follow in the great traditions you are reaching for – BRAVO…”

Here you have returned to your previous colors. For those of us who have missed your Red (forgive me for making you wait for the art store to get more red as I took some from your box – LOL) and those who will now have a chance to own a Red themed Roberto “Roy “ Ercolino this is going to be another sought after work.

I envy you Roberto, for as these are born in your soul and your imagination you have a gift to be able to bring them to life on your canvas with such a moving and powerful artistic way. So again Roberto – BRAVO, may you continue to be blessed in your life and art.

Steven
7 months
Steven, as Always your comments are a poem for me...
You're righ, colors are like words for a writer or notes for a composer; for this sometimes i see paintings like symphony.
About your words on this painting and my soul, i must only say THANK YOU Steven, thank you for your support that, you don't know, but inspire me very very much! So don't stop and continue to steal the colors in my box, you are always the most welcome! :)))
6 months
Exquisite!!!!!
7 months
Thank you very much Andi!
6 months
so beautiful!!!
7 months
Thank you very much JaimeRenee'!
6 months
Dear Roberto, your Sahara has the heat and mystery of the East. I've been always attracted by this mystery, and I am watching now your "aspect" of the dust storm, speechless and almost lost in your superb depth and beauty of your creation.
Regards , Jolign
7 months
Thank you so much Jolign! I'm very glad that you like it, truly.
6 months
Fabulous Dust storm, gorgeous colours as always Roy, love it. 5*****
6 months
Thank you so much dear Priscilla!
6 months
Amazing colour and affect. I was swept away by the fluidity of
the paint. A powerful and passionate piece.
6 months
Thank you very very much Nadine!
6 months
Your red is really special! A very special painting RRoy. So smooth and warm and somehow soothing. Normally I would think sandstroms to be kind of threatening, but yours is almost inviting and promising. SUPER
6 months
Thank you very much my friend! I never seen a dust storm in real life but i guess would be impressive...! Maybe this one it seems inviting just because is imaginary and come from my mind...like a movie seating on a comfortable sofa. :))
6 months
Fantastic work, Roy, beautiful color palette! I can see a piramide far away or it is a mirage in windy and dusty desert.
Love it! Kind regards, M.
6 months
Could be...maybe is just a mirage...But your comment is real and I say thank you very much Michael! :)
6 months
Fantastic and passionate red is back! Wonderful piece
6 months
Yes, red is back! :) Thank you so much Kostas!
6 months
Beautiful - I love how you almost tell a story with your colors and movements......
6 months
Thanks Alan! I always try to tell a story with my paintings..for that I consider them not totally abstract but conceptual. :)
6 months
this is so so beautiful,fantastic colour,love it.
6 months
Thank you very very much Egypt!
6 months
thank you so much.
6 months
Hi, Roberto! I was in Egypt five times and I did not see pyramids! LOL I have to say that Sahara (as I can see part of this desert in Egypt) not such beautiful as yours!:))) Every your work has inner light, this one is melting in itself, very very beautiful!
6 months
Thank you very much Katerina! I hope one day to visit Egypt, but for the moment I only try to portray it flying with my fantasy. :))
6 months
Great composition and wonderful use of colour.
6 months
Thank you very much Sandra!
6 months
Really love this painting
6 months
Thank you very much Nature of Oz (beautiful name)! :)
6 months
your work makes my vision more worm..
6 months
More "worm" is not nice...LOL maybe is better "warm" :))
Thank you very much Stelios, i love your gallery!
6 months
My favourite so far MAGIC on Canvas,david
6 months
Thank you so much David!
6 months
this is really great. I really like this a lot. great colours and such a mood staement
6 months
Thank you very much Joseph!
6 months
What did I tell you yesterday, Roberto? Your Sahara is not a desert for me, it has Light and Light is everything I need to live. Thank you for sharing it with us. My 5 stars and all my warm hugs, Isaura
6 months
Thank you so much Isaura, our dialogue is very nice. :))
6 months
Absolutely wonderful Roy,I can feel and see the red dust blowing across the face of the sun.5* warm regards.Hazel
6 months
That's great Hazel, is what I tried to achieve...
Thank you very much!
6 months
wonderfull colors and motion.
6 months
Thank you very much Louise!
6 months
Absolutely stunning Roy. I can feel the saering heat :) :)
6 months
Thank you very much Veena!
6 months
an amazing visual expression...love all the rich hues..feel the heat and the storm.You have got all the paints to blend so beautifully while yet being separate...a great painting.k8
6 months
Thank you very very much K8!
6 months
Your light is better than mine, but thanks!
6 months
Thank you very much Justin!
6 months
Simply stunning...I am in awe.
6 months
Thank you so much Georgianna!
6 months
That is hot Roy. Great abstract of the Sahara dry and hot. The colours are amazing against the black. Love it five stars lots of times. Pam:)
6 months
Thanks Pam! Much appreciated.
6 months
Grande maestro! semplice nelle forme ma riempe tutta la scena, benchè mi piace molto non lo sento como el Sahara è troppo potente nei colori...
6 months
Grazie Asti, ho voluto caricare i colori per targli un tono surreale ed hot al tempo stesso...Sono contento che ti piaccia! :)
6 months
amazing beautiful artwork
6 months
Thank you so much Nigel!
6 months
colori mozzafiato! Un lavoro eccellente e coinvolgente,ben fatto Roy.
6 months
Gianni, grazie infinite per il tuo supporto!
6 months
Very beautiful, radiant painting.
6 months
Thank you so much Geoffrey!
6 months
Love the colours Roberto, beautiful.
6 months
Thank you so much Carol!
6 months
Your reds are magical Roberto! So much well done!I could not expect less from you!5 mystical stars
Carol X
6 months
Thank you very much Carol, is always a big pleasure!
6 months
Hello darling just thought I'd quickly pop and see this one :) It's stunning as per usual....and the title is superb. Love and a big hug Alexandra XX
6 months
Thank Alexandra for took the time! A hug.
6 months
Simply beautiful! Tony
6 months
Thank you very much Tony!
6 months
im loveling the reds and yellows im coming across as i visit PIL in so long, just right for my soul as the winter months are leaving :) x
6 months
I'm glad that you like it Debbie, thabk you very much!
6 months
Beautiful work, Roy! An amazing feeling of Sahara's dust storm in here! Great use of contrasts and colors!
6 months
Thank you very much Varvara!
6 months
You really got the dust in the light. Not a easy thing to do. Big congrads on this one.
6 months
Thank you so much Anni! I miss your Art. :)
6 months
It happens often in front of the works to remain without words and this is one of them. In the sense the best possible! Fascinating!!!
6 months
Bravo! Brilliant. One can live inside of this painting and feel quite safe.
6 months
I really like this painting of your it reminds me of my triptych at least the colours do
regards gloria
6 months
Hello Roy:
After viewing your PIL gallery, I am impressed by your consistantly high quality output. Your paintings rate highest month after month. Congratulations! I have one question. Do you mix "air-brush" with conventional brush and knife work? Thank you for your consideration. CED
6 months
I had to look up the explanation of "fata morgana". Now I have it lends even more weight and pleasure to my viewing. You've never missed the mark for me.
Sorry I get on here fairly infrequently nowadays and deprive myself of the opportunity to view all the new works day in day out. You are a bright star in the firmament.
6 months
Roy,this is beautiful! Love it!!
6 months
ive come back for another view and im seeing sometihng very differant from the first vist. i can see a tail there!:) but ill keep my view to myself this time as its very sexy! lol
6 months
Superb work Roy, I can feel the heat...T
6 months
Hello Roy, i thought i had already commented on this one ..its so warm and wonderful ! love it :))
6 months
Beautiful painting Roy! I love those colors! You'll see them on my next painting! Aliki
4 months
Fabulous! 5***** I´m waiting for you to do one on the Icelandic volcano..?

Bella
4 months
Hmmmm...why not?! This is a good suggestion... :))
4 months
Another outstanding piece Roy ! Simplistic & yet with excellent dynamics & impact ! definately more than a 5++++++AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
1 month
Explosive!incredible colors!5++++++s
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Roberto "ROY" Ercolino "I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid."
Joni Mitchell
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