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Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan Dramatic Light, Lower Manhattan Skyline Painting
Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan Dramatic Light, Lower Manhattan Skyline Painting

Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan Dramatic Light, Lower Manhattan Skyline Painting

By Adriaan Lubbers

Located in Miami, FL

His composition framing of the scene and, most importantly, the high-contrast light make this moody painting a Modernist masterpiece. The painting is dark, but it's not a nocturne. L...

Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Kish's work from this period, with its dark colors and rolling clouds, reveals the influence of Social Realists like Thomas Hart Benton.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sunset in Maksimkovo
Sunset in Maksimkovo

Sunset in Maksimkovo

By Simon Kozhin

Located in Zofingen, AG

The golden tones of the sunset contrast perfectly with the darker, gloomy clouds, creating a compositional accent.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Kish's work from this period, with its dark colors and rolling clouds, reveals the influence of Social Realists like Thomas Hart Benton.

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

French Winter Fields with Furrowed Farmland Landscape Watercolor Pierre Neveu
French Winter Fields with Furrowed Farmland Landscape Watercolor Pierre Neveu

French Winter Fields with Furrowed Farmland Landscape Watercolor Pierre Neveu

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Above, the sky is built from layered washes of grey, pale blue, and warm ochre, creating a softly shifting atmosphere suggestive of winter light breaking through cloud cover. Darker ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Kish's work from this period, with its dark colors and rolling clouds, reveals the influence of Social Realists like Thomas Hart Benton.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Furbelow I, " Mixed Media Kite
"Furbelow I, " Mixed Media Kite

"Furbelow I, " Mixed Media Kite

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

Gradients of light to dark evoke soft, moonlit clouds and delicate pine branches appear as forked bolts of lightning.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Muslin, Wood, Paper

"Furbelow II" Mixed Media Kite
"Furbelow II" Mixed Media Kite

"Furbelow II" Mixed Media Kite

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

Gradients of light to dark evoke soft, moonlit clouds and delicate pine branches appear as forked bolts of lightning.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Muslin, Wood, Silk

“Before the Storm” sailboat in boatyard, graphite, collage, nautical
“Before the Storm” sailboat in boatyard, graphite, collage, nautical

“Before the Storm” sailboat in boatyard, graphite, collage, nautical

By Terry Elkins

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

The boat rests on three skinny supports on the right, and zero supports on the left. A dark water spout takes form in the backgroud and ascends to a dark grey clouded sky above.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Magazine Paper, Graphite

Thunder Rolls (Storm, Lightning, Strike, Seascape, ~34% OFF)
Thunder Rolls (Storm, Lightning, Strike, Seascape, ~34% OFF)

Thunder Rolls (Storm, Lightning, Strike, Seascape, ~34% OFF)

By Heather Hollis

Located in Kansas City, MO

The scene reveals both nature’s beauty and its immense power, contrasting dark, brooding clouds against radiant streaks of lightning.

Category

2010s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Echoes on the Homestead, Original Painting
Echoes on the Homestead, Original Painting

Echoes on the Homestead, Original Painting

By Art Clark

Located in San Francisco, CA

A small lake reflects the sky as dark billowing clouds gather, hinting at an approaching storm.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

French Impressionist Watercolor of Boats on a Stormy Coast
French Impressionist Watercolor of Boats on a Stormy Coast

French Impressionist Watercolor of Boats on a Stormy Coast

By Maurice Mazeilie 1

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Description: This expressive watercolor by Maurice Mazeilie captures a stormy coastal scene with boats anchored near the shore. Dark, billowing clouds dominate the sky, casting a dra...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Ola Night Magic : Pandasan's Tokyo Serenade
Ola Night Magic : Pandasan's Tokyo Serenade

Ola Night Magic : Pandasan's Tokyo Serenade

By Hiro Ando

Located in PARIS, FR

Red blossoms and stylized clouds punctuate the dark sky, reinforcing Ando’s signature Nippon Neo Pop vocabulary.

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

British Watercolor Landscape with Oast Houses and Moody Sky
British Watercolor Landscape with Oast Houses and Moody Sky

British Watercolor Landscape with Oast Houses and Moody Sky

By Anthony Avery

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The fields, painted in muted golden tones, contrast beautifully with the dark, dramatic clouds, enhancing the feeling of solitude and calm.

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Contemporary British Original Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Zennor
Contemporary British Original Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Zennor

Contemporary British Original Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Zennor

By Ian Mood

Located in Bristol, GB

The sky dominates the composition with a bold expanse of turquoise blue, suggesting a clearing or break in weather. A large, dark grey cloud mass occupies the centre, rendered with s...

Category

2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

British Original Watercolor of a Windmill and Countryside Landscape at Sunset
British Original Watercolor of a Windmill and Countryside Landscape at Sunset

British Original Watercolor of a Windmill and Countryside Landscape at Sunset

By Anthony Avery

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The painting masterfully depicts the countryside with delicate, expressive brushstrokes that convey the peaceful atmosphere and natural beauty of the scene. Dark, wispy clouds drift ...

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting
The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting

The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Kish's work from this period, with its dark colors and rolling clouds, reveals the influence of Social Realists like Thomas Hart Benton.

Category

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Breath of Antarctica Oil Painting Original Art
Breath of Antarctica Oil Painting Original Art

Breath of Antarctica Oil Painting Original Art

By Olga Nikitina

Located in Zofingen, AG

Weather is often variable, even during the day from dark heavy clouds to bright clean sky. But there are some special mornings when you open the door, and you see a fog above the oce...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Marsh Labyrinth 3 contemporary landscape painting
Marsh Labyrinth 3 contemporary landscape painting

Marsh Labyrinth 3 contemporary landscape painting

By Katherine Kean

Located in Palm Desert, CA

The background features a dramatic and swirling sky with a rich palette of blues, grays, and purples, suggesting an overcast or stormy atmosphere. The dark, brooding clouds dominate ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

This Rain Will Pass
This Rain Will Pass

This Rain Will Pass

By HELEN MOUNT

Located in Zofingen, AG

The contrast between the light, almost ethereal outlines of the clouds and the dark, deep shade of the earth dominates the canvas, making one think about the eternal cycle of nature.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Spring in Weimer Texas Hill Country Bluebonnets, Oil   Texas Landscape 18" x 24"
Spring in Weimer Texas Hill Country Bluebonnets, Oil   Texas Landscape 18" x 24"

Spring in Weimer Texas Hill Country Bluebonnets, Oil Texas Landscape 18" x 24"

By Steve Parker

Located in Houston, TX

Spring in Weimer by Steve Parker shows the rolling hills and the clouds that roll in later in the day . In the early evening the clouds turn dark and thunderstorms roll in the area.

Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stormy Sunset Seascape with Blue & Orange
Stormy Sunset Seascape with Blue & Orange

Stormy Sunset Seascape with Blue & Orange

By Vasil Papkov

Located in Soquel, CA

Dynamic seascape featuring a a deep orange sunset glow peaking through dark storm clouds over crashing waves by Vasil (Victor) Papkov (20th Century).

Category

1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Racing Thunderheads, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Racing Thunderheads, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Racing Thunderheads, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Nicholas Kriefall

Located in Yardley, PA

Next in my weather pattern series, I wanted to incorporate shades of lavender one would witness with lightning striking against the darkness of the clouds, and also to project a movi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"White covers translucent blue" - Abstract Minimalist Contemporary Painting
"White covers translucent blue" - Abstract Minimalist Contemporary Painting

"White covers translucent blue" - Abstract Minimalist Contemporary Painting

Located in Boston, MA

This canvas has no texture as is my custom because I wanted to leave the support light to give the idea of ​​something ethereal and similar to the wind and the sky covered by white c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Burgh Island from Bantham, Devon
Burgh Island from Bantham, Devon

Burgh Island from Bantham, Devon

By Peter Symonds

Located in London, GB

The pale salmon- pink light that lay between the horizon and the darker blue-grey clouds above made a lovely foil to the light viridian sea below." - Peter Symonds As one of Britain...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cerulean - nature, contemporary, abstracted landscape, photography on dibond
Cerulean - nature, contemporary, abstracted landscape, photography on dibond

Cerulean - nature, contemporary, abstracted landscape, photography on dibond

By Etienne Labbe

Located in Bloomfield, ON

The blurring of time and space captured in time-lapse photography while the photographer is in motion has resulted in a lined pale beach, cerulean water and a darker sapphire sky str...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, C Print

Golden brown Scots Pine tree Landscape in the twilight
Golden brown Scots Pine tree Landscape in the twilight

Golden brown Scots Pine tree Landscape in the twilight

By Jasper Goodall

Located in London, GB

A Scots pine emerges from the darkness like a cloud forming in a black sky. Looming like a cloud over the delicate remains of its young siblings lost to a forest fire...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Places (1) Contemporary Drawing in Graphite on Archival Paper, 2010-

Places (1) Contemporary Drawing in Graphite on Archival Paper, 2010-

By Robbie Cornelissen

Located in Montreal, Quebec

In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Places (2) Contemporary Drawing on Archival Paper, Graphite, 2010-

Places (2) Contemporary Drawing on Archival Paper, Graphite, 2010-

By Robbie Cornelissen

Located in Montreal, Quebec

In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Graphite Drawing of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones (1954-2021)

Graphite Drawing of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones (1954-2021)

By Robbie Cornelissen

Located in Montreal, Quebec

In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Places (Horreum) Contemporary Graphite Drawing on Archival Paper

Places (Horreum) Contemporary Graphite Drawing on Archival Paper

By Robbie Cornelissen

Located in Montreal, Quebec

In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Places (Underworld) Contemporary Graphite Drawing on Archival Paper

Places (Underworld) Contemporary Graphite Drawing on Archival Paper

By Robbie Cornelissen

Located in Montreal, Quebec

In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Terra Nova: Contemporary Graphite Drawing on Archival Paper

Terra Nova: Contemporary Graphite Drawing on Archival Paper

By Robbie Cornelissen

Located in Montreal, Quebec

In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Terra Nova Space Ship Drawing in Graphite on Archival Paper

Terra Nova Space Ship Drawing in Graphite on Archival Paper

By Robbie Cornelissen

Located in Montreal, Quebec

In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Red Mountain #1, Original Painting
Red Mountain #1, Original Painting

Red Mountain #1, Original Painting

By Crystal DiPietro

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist CommentsAn enthralling view of the Red Mountain Pass during the fall season displays rich hues of greens and yellows. The dark, shifting clouds and turning aspens add a dramat...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Ghost Tree

Ghost Tree

By Megan Frazer

Located in Boston, MA

Words that describe this piece: tree, storm, dark, lightning, clouds, surreal, atmospheric, light Artist Biography: Megan Frazer is a Seattle based artist inspired by the natural w...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Spring Sunset, Original Painting
Spring Sunset, Original Painting

Spring Sunset, Original Painting

By Judy Mudd

Located in San Francisco, CA

She captures the dramatic colors of the pink sky, in contrast to the dark-gray clouds on the horizon.About the ArtistFor Judy Mudd, creating a work of art means much more than simply...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Watercolor

Rainbow. After Rain - original landscape painting
Rainbow. After Rain - original landscape painting

Rainbow. After Rain - original landscape painting

By Nikolay Dmitriev

Located in Zofingen, AG

Glowing rainbow and a light-lit floral meadow create a stunning contrast to the dark sky, huge clouds complete the painting's composition.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Army Munitions Depot,  Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment
Army Munitions Depot,  Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment

Army Munitions Depot, Edgemont South Dakota - Life Magazine Assignment

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Below ground and out of sight, lethal Cold War munitions are stored. Above ground, dark menacing clouds suggest the potential danger lurking below.

Category

1980s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Autumn Landscape
Autumn Landscape

Autumn Landscape

By Robert Vickrey

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In Autumn Landscape, Vickrey finds beauty and magic in an abandoned carnival sitting in a golden field of grass beneath dark and brooding clouds. The billboard to the right features ...

Category

1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Egg Tempera

Flatiron Building with Dramatic Light -  Abstract Photography
Flatiron Building with Dramatic Light -  Abstract Photography

Flatiron Building with Dramatic Light - Abstract Photography

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

The ephemeral nature of weather is on display in this hyper-dramatic photograph of Manhattan's Flatiron Building. Dark storm clouds crack open for a brief moment and spotlight the w...

Category

2010s Surrealist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Solstice, Original Contemporary Blue and Gold Abstract Winter Landscape Painting
Solstice, Original Contemporary Blue and Gold Abstract Winter Landscape Painting

Solstice, Original Contemporary Blue and Gold Abstract Winter Landscape Painting

By Julia Di Sano

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: SOLSTICE, Abstract Moody Winter Landscape Storm Clouds Snow Painting MEDIUM: Acrylic Mixed Media on Gallery Stretched Canvas DIMENSIONS: 20” x 20” This contemporar...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

STAGGERING Hand Signed Lithograph 1988, Surreal Sunset Landscape
STAGGERING Hand Signed Lithograph 1988, Surreal Sunset Landscape

STAGGERING Hand Signed Lithograph 1988, Surreal Sunset Landscape

By Frank Licsko

Located in Union City, NJ

Op-art style visual steps break across the cloud filled, glowing horizon and shimmering still water as the hot white sun peers through the dark shadowy clouds.

Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Glencoe
Glencoe

David YarrowGlencoe, 2019

Price Upon Request

Glencoe

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

Its much photographed and emblematic rock face is best complemented not by blue skies, but by the weather that defines Western Scotland - dark and low clouds that put a menacing ceil...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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