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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prodigal Son
Prodigal Son
H 19.25 in W 22 in D 1.75 in
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Untitled
Untitled
H 35 in W 28.5 in D 1 in
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

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

Concarneau
Concarneau
H 14 in W 16 in D 1.5 in
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

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

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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.

How Much are Ominous Skies?

Ominous skies can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,000, while the lowest priced sells for $316 and the highest can go for as much as $150,000.