George Inness’s The Storm was a commission of George I. Seney, a wealthy financier who was a faithful supporter of Inness’s work. Inness painted the work in 1885, the year he made Montclair, New Jersey his permanent residence, and presumably the rural areas near his home served as the inspiration for this scene. Typical of the artist in his later years, Inness eschews the bird’s eye perspective of his early work—here, the viewer is brought down to earth for a more intimate encounter with nature. The painting depicts a landscape in the midst of an approaching storm. The sky roils with dark grey clouds, parting just long enough for the sun to illuminate the withered branches of a sapling tree in the middle ground. A structure in the background has also been illuminated by the momentary burst of the sun’s rays. The brilliant emerald greens and mellow golds reveal Inness’s talents as a colorist. In the distance, a dark figure passes beneath a tree. His shadowy form lends the painting a mysterious and enigmatic quality.

Available as a fine art print and as a stretched canvas panel (heavy fine art canvas stretched over 1.5 inch deep edge solid wood frame)

 

All prints are made using archival art stocks and UV pigment inks to give up to 200 years life. Prints are sold unframed and unmounted.