The Rainstorm in...

I see that stark shades of dark blue fill the background of the canvas. A stormy sky is depicted in layers of different shades of blue, that start out as light blue clouds from the top to darker blue as the sky nears ground level. And at the surface, a rocky meadow stretches across, only to have a defoliated tree falling with the result of an oncoming storm. The work serves to express the sudden oncoming of a rainstorm: it seems as though the clear, light blue sky is abruptly substituted by rainy storm clouds, which are painted in dark blue. A careful observation of the meadow will show splashes of rain. The mud beneath the grass has taken up more than enough water, soon allowing the rain to flood the meadow. The tree, unable to withstand the storm, falls onto a barricade of rocks between it and the meadow. The vigor and energy of the image is heightened only by the existence of a clear blue sky: without it, the image would merely have been another depiction of a rainstorm. The simultaneous presence of tranquility and a devastating storm adds meaning to each and every detail of the painting. We can see that the meadow will never again relish the tranquility it stood under, for the defoliated tree will never stand strong again and the grasses will never be so healthily green after the rainstorm.