Inside a Turner Storm at Sea
“A panoramic scene painted in the style of J. M. W. Turner's atmospheric Romantic seascapes, with loose blurring brushwork and a palette of stormy ochre, slate, and burning gold. Foreground shows the splintered prow of a wooden ship plunging through a curtain of spray, ropes and rigging dissolving into vapor. Midground reveals a heaving sea dissolving into luminous mist where sky and water blur indistinguishably. Background shows a furious sun burning through tattered clouds, the whole canvas vibrating with light and atmosphere.”