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The Art Gallery

The paintings below are inspired by the artist's interest in the science of clouds and the role the study of clouds has played in the development of meteorology as a science over the years. This topic and others are described in the article by G. L. Stephens: The Useful Pursuit of Shadows, American Scientist, vol. 91, pp. 442-449, Sept/Oct 2003. [ PDF ] Some excerpts from this article may be viewed by clicking on the menu items to the left ("The Story of Clouds", etc. ).

Noble Clouds Under Variable Light

It was Ruskin, a noted art critic of the 19th century, who commented on the appearance of clouds in art and recollected that "There has been so much ... fog and artificial gloom, besides, that I find it is actually some two years since I last saw a noble cumulus under full light". These paintings are inspired by the nobility of illuminated clouds and the vividness of the prose of Shelley's poem, The Cloud. Selected excerpts from this poem as they relate to some of the paintings are given under the links below.

Shelley's Poem

Cumulus

Altocumulus

Cirrus

Stratus /

Stratocumulus

Shadows

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