Day 23, Haboob. 8 x 8 Acrylic on paper. © 2017 Sheila Delgado
One of my first visits to Phoenix, we saw a haboob. It was incredible. We were inside the hotel room, on the second or third floor. Day turned to night. It passed quickly, and by morning, the weather was calm.
It’s a huge sand storm. HUGE. Basically, winds from a storm shoot straight down towards the ground. That stirs up a huge wall of dust which is carried on those winds for miles.
Here’s a look:
Today’s painting reminded me of one of these storms. We have had a couple of mini’s behind the house. When it was still just a field. A sunny day quickly became grey and dark. They are stunning to watch. I hope I am never out and about when one hits. Certainly not driving.
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Wow how bizarre! Glad I don’t live in places with sand. Your painting is reminiscent of a sand storm, especially the colours – thanks for sharing Sheila
Yes Val, thank goodness for the pines ? Thanks for looking ?
glad you were safe.
awesome painting. it is perfect
Thank you Christine, Have fun today with y our black and white 🙂
Wow, what a story and video! Living in the desert, you get to experience firsthand the awesome forces of nature, the changing sky, and of course it will be important in your art. In your painting for today you can feel the brooding sky, the amber of the dust whirlwind, and then the lovely blue that must occur when the haboob passes.
Thanks so much Laurelle 🙂 Have fun today – can’t wait to sit down and take a good look at everyone’s work 🙂
HOLY MOLY, a haboob is a sand tsunami!
Haboob makes a fascinating title for your painting. Your painting’s visual language reads as calm and orderly but, given a human mind to bring meaning and interpretation to it, it could read as the surface story of deep drama and hidden chaos.
Even without your title and video, I am fascinated by what is essentially a ‘simplicity’ of four horizontal stripes; together, those stripes, those colors, those edges, invite my imagination immediately into complexity.
Well done, Sheila!
That is it exactly! LOL. That is what they should be called. Honored you can see so much in what is really as you said, simple. I wasn’t trying for complexity, and if it showed up… very cool indeed. Thank you Dotty 🙂 Have fun today!
You definitely captured the color and feel of a haboob! Great painting.
Thanks Rebecca, LOL. Enjoy your creative time today, I can’t wait to get home and catch up on what everyone is doing! 🙂
Looks like the sand storms we get from the Sinai desert! They can be thick and everything is colored yellow. Love your gradients.
I had only seen this in the movies, and I guess I sort of figured it was distorted for entertainment. But WOW, it’s very real. Do you get them often Carol? Or just at certain times of the year. Glad you enjoyed the piece 😉
Must be spectacular!
The power of nature 😉 Enjoy Louise 🙂
The ones in Australia last for days and come from the red center a few thousand miles away. You certainly don’t want to be driving, that sand and dust can quicly plug up the engine: Thats why they have those intake pipes above the roof to stop sucking in road dust. Love this by the way.
WOW Sea, I bet! There is nothing to stop them. Thank you, Have fun today 😉