Cloud by Ian Fisher
Canadian artist Ian Fisher paints large-scale skyscapes that capture the beauty of billowing clouds.
“Many think that, nowadays, it is impossible to create something [new] with the painting. In fact, it is an art form that still leaves great room for experimentation,” Fisher explains. “In my case, for example, the abstraction and the hyperrealism coexist within the same work.”
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Clouds, with their ever-changing shapes and colors, have long fascinated people. As the sun sets, they take on a glowing crimson hue, moving and shifting in ways that feel both distant and powerful. Their constantly changing forms allow us to project different moods and meanings onto them, which might explain why they've been a source of interest for centuries and still captivate us today.
Nuage 8 (Cloud 8) (Photograph 1999) by Balthasar Burkhard
Cloud Study, (1821) by John Constable
Wolke (Cloud), (1976) by Gerhard Richter
Wolke is a serene and luminous piece that reflects his modern approach to landscape art. Part of his Wolken series, the painting captures clouds in a moment that blends the painterly with the photographic, and the abstract with the representative.
Sky Above Clouds IV (1965), by Georgia O’Keeffe
When Georgia O'Keeffe was in her 70s, she took an airplane for the first time and found herself confronted with the fascinating view of earth from the sky, above the clouds. This inspired her to create a series of paintings around the theme of clouds.
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Then there are artists like Berndnaut Smilde bringing clouds to life indoors in his series called Nimbus.
Nimbus by Berndtnaut Smilde
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This painting was so big it wouldn’t fit through the door of the gallery it was meant to hang!
Why do you think Georgia O’Keeffe made this painting SO massive?
Most artists above talk about the expressiveness of clouds. They all have simple names or no titles. Rename them based on the feeling they express to you.
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Check out these creative interpretations of clouds posted by Choose Marker.com
Try it yourself with some of my cloud pictures below, or your own!
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