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Bateaux dans les Nuages by Christian Nepo, Impressionist Painting on Paper
By Christian Nepo
Located in Atlanta, GA
work: ominous skies, perfectly captured light, delicate brushwork and plenty of pure color, all
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 12 in W 19 in D 0.25 in
Large Dutch Windmill Oil Painting with Crows Signed Valentin, 1987
Located in Miami, FL
subject where the viewer looks upward at the ominous sky filled with blackbirds. The painting is signed
Category
Late 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood
Norman beach, Blue seaside, abstract, oil on canvas, sky, expressionism, beach
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
the elements, capturing the drama of a coastal landscape beneath an ominous sky. The choice of oil and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 10.63 in W 13.78 in D 0.79 in
Snapshots
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
swimsuits as children play under an ominous sky. These humans depict various aspects of modern life
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seascape, blue seaside, semi abstract, oil on canvas, sky, expressionism, french
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
ominous sky. The choice of oil and knife technique unveils a textured tapestry, echoing the complex
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 21.26 in W 25.6 in D 0.79 in
Pondering Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 20"x16" Landscape Cattle
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time outside. Also show are other
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
Bovine Beauties Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 20"x16" Landscape
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
. Luke's current series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
Texas Longhorn and Sheep Realism 20" x 16" oil Bovine Landscape Animals
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
current series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
Four Sheep in the Field, Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 36" x 24" Farm
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time outside. Also show are other
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
18 th C English Oil on Canvas Painting of Horse and Jockey
Located in Atlanta, GA
ominous sky, enhancing the drama and tension of the moment captured. The soft, pastel colors create a
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Chasing Lancelot, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
community! Dramatic clouds arch through an ominous sky above the magnificent mansion and landscape. This
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
MERCURY WAGON Realist Light and Shadow Oil on Panel Texas Livestock 16" x 20"
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
Scoppettone. Luke's current series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
RADIO FLYER Realist Light and Shadow Oil on Panel 11" x 14" $1500
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time outside.
Also included are
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 11 in W 14 in D 1 in
Solstice, Original Contemporary Blue and Gold Abstract Winter Landscape Painting
Located in Boston, MA
laden landscape under an ominous sky. The deep blue utilized by Di Sano is almost black, referencing the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
PHOTO SNEAK Signed Oil Pastel, Abstract Landscape, Photographer, Visionary Art
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Union City, NJ
as the sun sets. An ominous sky looms at the top of the composition, appearing as a mass of mixed
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
H 23 in W 17.75 in D 1 in
Stormy Waters
Located in Austin, TX
Marine Time Art featuring a sailboat crashing against waves in an ominous looking gray sky.
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Contemporary portrait "Joshua Tree"
Located in Zofingen, AG
sky is ominously dark, enhancing the mood of solitude. Through stark contrasts and meticulous details
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary portrait "Joshua Tree"
Located in Zofingen, AG
sky is ominously dark, enhancing the mood of solitude. Through stark contrasts and meticulous details
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Original Second World War Poster, Aircraft Insignia
Located in London, GB
insignia identification markings with various types of military planes flying over an ominous grey sky
Category
1940s Realist More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Engulfed" - Turbulent Seascape by Cynthia Sachse Prewitt
Located in Soquel, CA
flow over rocks, in front of an ominous green sky. Waves are crashing all around the viewer, giving the
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
H 18 in W 24 in D 0.13 in
Grand Banks Dory Fishermen Seascape by Joseph Woods, circa 1910
Located in Nantucket, MA
red line buoy flashing in the brilliantly colored lively sea, under a cloudy pink sky ominous with an
Category
Vintage 1910s American Other Paintings
Materials
Wood
Prodigal Son
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in London, GB
expression that he has just arrived, or returned, to this bleak landscape.
An ominous crosshatched sky of
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Fury of the Azores: Shipwreck Disaster at Terceira, Engraved in circa 1610
Located in Langweer, NL
others survey the devastating loss. The sky is ominously dark, with swirling clouds emphasizing the
Category
Antique 1610s Prints
Materials
Paper
H 11.42 in W 7.49 in D 0.01 in
Monument (to a Future Self)
Located in Toronto, Ontario
gleaming yellow sun. In contrast to the recent ominous smoky wildfire skies, and the darkness of our times
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mulberry Paper
Samuel Bak Surrealist Etching Israeli Bezalel Artist "Hidden Pear", Fruit Bowl
By Samuel Bak
Located in Surfside, FL
an eruption. The smoke from the candles and volcano pour into a sky of dark ominous clouds that lurk
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
the dream as nightmare, simmering terrors underneath or just around the corner, ominous dark skies
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
ROCKET LAUNCH Signed Oil Pastel, Abstract Landscape, Space Travel, Visionary Art
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Union City, NJ
with yellow flaming heat. The sky appearing ominous, represented as dark green and yellow mottled
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Untitled
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
underneath or just around the corner, ominous dark skies, lonely figures, fragmentary, confused thoughts on
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
underneath or just around the corner, ominous dark skies, lonely figures, fragmentary, confused thoughts on
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
the dream as nightmare, simmering terrors underneath or just around the corner, ominous dark skies
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Green Pasture, Texas Artist, Realist, Light and Shadow, Texas Cattle, Rodeo
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
Scoppettone. Luke's current series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 24 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Texas Longhorn and Cattle, Realism, Texas Artist, Realist, Light and Shadow
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time outside.
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inquisitive, Realism, Texas Artist, Texas Livestock. Realist, Light and Shadow
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time outside.
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 16 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Ovejas Grandes, Livestock, Realism, Texas Artist, Realist, Texas Ranch
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time outside.
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 20 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Blue, Realism, Texas Artist, Realist, Light and Shadow
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bovine, Realism, Light/ Shadow, Texas Cattle, Rodeo, Bevo UT Southwest Art
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 16 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
Houlgate by Christian Nepo, Large Impressionist Oil on Canvas Seascape Painting
By Christian Nepo
Located in Atlanta, GA
paintings are reminiscent of pre-impressionist work: ominous skies, perfectly captured light, delicate
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Oil Painting by Georges Maroniez
By Georges Maroniez
Located in Dallas, TX
Orageux, Nuit dans le Port". This roughly translates to 'ominous skies, the port at night'. Many of his
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Wood
La Balle, 2013 Gouache on Paper Painting by French Artist Christian Nepo
By Christian Nepo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brittany. Many of his paintings are reminiscent of pre-impressionist work: ominous skies, perfectly
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paper, Gouache
Inquisitive, Realist, Light/ Shadow, Sheep, Ovis (Latin) Southwest Art, Oil
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time outside.
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
H 18 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
A GATHERING Realist Light and Shadow, Sheep Ovis (Latin) Oil on Panel
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
Scoppettone. Luke's current series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 18 in W 14 in D 1 in
British Sailor's Woolwork or Woolie of Two Royal Navy Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
paddle wheels forward through the sea as she is also using the sails fore and aft. The ominous sky above
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Folk Art Decorative Art
Materials
Wool
Seaside Village by Susan Kinsella, Acrylic on Canvas Coastal Painting
By Susan Kinsella
Located in Atlanta, GA
of houses with colorful slanted roofs, standing out beautifully on the dark presence of the ominous
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Serene Village by Susan Kinsella, Vertical Contemporary Coastal Painting
By Susan Kinsella
Located in Atlanta, GA
colorful slanted roofs, standing out beautifully on the dark presence of the ominous sky and bright touch
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A TIME TO SHEAR Realism Light and Shadow, Sheep Ovis (Latin) Oil on Canvas
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time outside.
Also included are
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Majestic Longhorn, Realist, Light/ Shadow, Oil Painting, Texas Longhorn
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk would end time
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century American Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
clouds dominate the sky, casting an ominous and dramatic atmosphere over the scene. A glimmer of hope
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mythological Painting By Bengine Gagneraux (1756 - 1795)
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
sky looms ominously with dark grey, stormy clouds. Encased within an exquisite giltwood frame adorned
Category
Antique 18th Century French Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Le Tocsin
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Chicago, IL
background. It is evening and a crescent moon is rising ominously in the night sky just above a bell. “Le
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Protected Area, Steaming Smoke Stacks, Industrial Buildings & Coal, Oil on Panel
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
the clouds of the bright blue sky. The ominous piles of coal in the middle are juxtaposed by the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Samuel Bak Surrealist Etching Israeli Bezalel Artist "Hidden Pear", Fruit Bowl
By Samuel Bak
Located in Surfside, FL
an eruption. The smoke from the candles and volcano pour into a sky of dark ominous clouds that lurk
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
: part of the dream as nightmare, simmering terrors underneath or just around the corner, ominous dark
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
The People (Urban African-American Afrofuturism Landscape)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
underneath or just around the corner, ominous dark skies, lonely figures, fragmentary, confused thoughts on
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
H 39 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
Improvisation #8, Series 1
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
nightmare, simmering terrors underneath or just around the corner, ominous dark skies, lonely figures
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Tight Line, Fly Fishing Original Oil Painting, circa 1850
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
estate. The painting depicts two men fishing on the shore of a Scottish river. An ominous sky looms over
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings
Concarneau
By Christian Nepo
Located in Atlanta, GA
paintings are reminiscent of pre-impressionist work: ominous skies, perfectly captured light, delicate
Category
Early 2000s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Massive Dark Sunset Spanish Harbor Galleon Nautical Oil Painting Framed
Located in Chattanooga, TN
, the trade vessels seems to sail effortlessly as the ominous sky emits yellow atmospheric light from
Category
Vintage 1950s American Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Paint
Sheep in the Field, Realist, Light/ Shadow, Oil Painting, Ovejas, Landscape
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Reflections, Realist, Light/ Shadow, Sheep Oil Painting, Ovis
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or oncoming dusk
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
H 40 in W 30 in D 1 in
Yellow Jacket, Texas Artist, Realist, Light and Shadow, Dog Painting,
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
. Luke's current series is inspired by his upbringing on a farm in a very rural area where ominous skies or
Category
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 16 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
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There is a broad range of ominous skies for sale on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of contemporary, Surrealist or Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 44 contemporary, 11 Surrealist, 10 abstract, 7 Impressionist and 6 Post-Impressionist examples available. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the ominous skies that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, black, brown and beige. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Jessica Houston, Roland Ayers, Markey Robinson, Michael Hasted and Christian Nepo produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and fabric, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
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