Frederick Ballet, Member 64,810, is an award winning and published Fine Art Photographer specializing in abstract seascapes. While his postings on Cloud Appreciation website are representational he loves creating abstract images of the natural world. Fred splits his time between NYC and Long Beach Island, NJ, his next solo show will be at Pleiades Gallery in Chelsea, NYC and will run March 18-April 12 with the opening reception March 22 from 3-6PM.

More information can be found at his website www.frederickballetphotography.com and at www.pleiadesgallery.com closer to the show.

Julia Dedier, Member 63,285, specialises in cloud art. These examples are painted in oil on canvas.  Her website states “I want to convey the greatness and unique beauty of the clouds, inspiring people to slow down, reflect on the invisible wonders of the sky, and savor the moment of presence”.

You can see more work on Julia’s website

Bob Maysmor sent us some of his creative photography and wondered how we would categorise it.  It’s thoughtful and artistic composition led us to post it here, in our art section. He has called the one above “Sky Windows”.

Artist Catherine Eaton Skinner’s work illuminates the balance of opposites, reflecting mankind’s attempts at connection.   She is a published artist and has over 40 solo and group exhibitions.  The picture above is “CES-2493 Lungi Kam XIV” and you can read the statement about her work below. 

You can see more of her work on her website

Archetypal elements mark the landscape of earth and stone, standing as vestiges of time, acknowledging pathways with marking, scarring and erasing. Water, earth, wind, fire and ether emerge in physical form in my work: beeswax and resin; graphite and oil stick; wood, paper and cloth; glass and stone; lead sheet, wire and precious metal leaf. My paintings often reference the horizontal line between the sky and earth or the vertical line of the axis mundi. Working between Seattle and Santa Fe, my work encompasses sculpture, paintings, photography and found objects, often times a combination of these media.

The historical reverence for the power and sacredness of earth spans the timeline of our cultural memory. We live in a chaotic world where it is difficult to feel a part of the whole with the loss of control and balance: personally, politically and spiritually. If we become still and silent, we feel the four winds and the sky. We are then one with our kin of the past, the present and the future. Hopefully we will continue to find ways to understand and bond, not only to our environment, but most importantly, to each other.

Monica Rees, Member 58,527, of California came across this concrete block whilst out walking and whilst not the artist, she told us about the Love the Bulb website which describes the area: “The Albany Bulb is a former construction debris landfill on San Francisco Bay where people have been making informal outdoor sculptures and paintings for decades, much of it on large concrete blocks. It’s home to 150 species of birds, huge trees, wildflowers, amazing views, and lots of walking trails.”

Thellen Levey, Member 39,677, sent this image he took whilst undergoing hospital treatment.   He told us “when I first got on the table in my radiation room, this is what I saw above me. It’s not a view through a skylight – the designers of the room simply replaced some ceiling tiles with images of clouds moving through a radiant sky. Uplifting in every sense of the word – when you find yourself under what seems like a dark cloud, a bright cloud can show up at just the right moment”.

Martin Pilcher, Member 3,838, sent this painting and told us “during the Covid Lockdown in the UK, I found myself looking at photos from Africa and dreaming that I was on safari…..and so I picked up my paintbrush instead of my passport”.

Natalie Christensen is an award winning photographer whose focus is ordinary settings, seeking the sublime in colour fields and shadow.  She now lives in New Mexico and like many artists, was drawn to the distinctive Southwestern light.  The above piece is entitled “she had an idea”.

You can see more of her work on her website

Kathleen Frank is an artist who now paints landscapes after many years specialising in woodcarving and fabric printing.  The above painting is called “Hogan’s Storm”.

You can see more of her work on her website

Ann Kraus, Member 48,329 has an upcoming show in NYC. The title of the show is “Spirit In The Sky” and features her cloud paintings and skyscapes.  This will be her third solo show at the historic Pleiades Gallery and will run from 29th October to 23rd November.

More information can be found at www.Pleiadesgallery.com or www.annkrausstudio.com

Sherry Palmer, Member 27,151 recently made a return visit to the Isle of Skye from her home in New England, USA.  She told us “Painting the mountain on the mainland, Beinn Sgritheall, was a different challenge! It glowed in purples and blues. The mainland hills and Skye in general, continue to have me in awe of their beauty, after 36 years coming here to paint!”

Kathleen Grace Bennett, Member 20,977 told us her favourite thing is to paint clouds.  She lives along the New England coast of the US and this is one of her oil paintings entitled “Sunrise Splendor”.

You can see more of her work on her website

Julia Dedieu, Member 63,285 sent this, her second work in the “Azure Sky” series entitled “Cumulus congestus of azure sky“.  It is painted in oil on canvas.

You can see more of Julia’s work on her website

Starr Sutherland, Member 58,384, wrote to tell us about a small show she is part of at the Far Out Gallery, San Francisco from 20th September to 27th October 2024.  She told us that “these photographs reflect my fascination with Ocean Beach. During the pandemic years, to get away from the computer, I spent most sunsets walking on the beach”.

Click here to see the exhibition details

Scott Willhite, works from his studio in Boulder, Colorado. His traditional oil paintings focus on the natural landscapes of the surrounding area with this one being entitled “Brewing”.

You can see more of his work on his website.  You can also follow him on Instagram

Joan Pogalies, Member 62,612 from Ohio USA, created these Lake Erie clouds.  They are photos on metal at 3ft x 5ft each.

You can find out more about her and her creations on her website

Resa Blatman, Member 57,717, is an artist from Somerville, MA and recently submitted some of her cloud related art. The main image is called “Climbing the Hill to Consciousness, 2023” painted in oil and acrylic on wood panel (size: 48h x 36w inches).  She told us “I’m currently making a lot of moss paintings for an upcoming solo show. All of them have clouds as their backdrop because, for me, clouds and moss are the perfect pairing”

You can see more of her work on her website

“Little Green” is a solo exhibition of moss and sky paintings by Resa Blatman
McCoy Art Gallery at Merrimack College in Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.
Opening reception (free and open to the public): Friday, September 20, 2024, 6:30-8 pm
https://www.merrimack.edu/academics/rogers/art-galleries/

Claire Bywater, Member 55,303, is a painter who includes clouds in most of her work.  The main image is entitled “Cloud Atlas (iv)” and the one below “Cloud Atlas (ii)”

You can see more of her work on her website

Beverly Leach, Member 26,259 is an artist who loves the skies over Alabama, USA.  She draws using pastels from the photos she takes of the magnificent clouds she sees.

The Portland Gallery is preparing an exhibition by contemporary artist James Lynch.  The exhibition, Light as Dreams, brings together over 25 works at the gallery, which is his first solo exhibition since announcing his new representation with them. His atmospheric scenes of the English landscape, explore the artist’s fascination with both the sky and landscape of Wessex. The exhibition will also include a selection of works focussed on cloud formations.

The exhibition will take place from 26 September to 11 October 2024 at The Portland Gallery, 3 Bennet Street, London, SW1A 1RP

More details can be found on the Portland Gallery website or by emailing Esme Dollow

Schar Freeman, Member 54,318 sent us one of her recent paintings of wispy Altocumulus clouds on summer days on the island of Kaua’I, with a gentle sea lapping the shoreline. She told us “these are the days of great memories”.

Ned Stern is a professional artist and received a degree in Fine Art from The American University in Washington.  The main painting, above, is called “The Sea Awaits” and the one below is “Cloud Parade”.

You can see more of his work on his website

Erica Keener, an artist from Preble County, uses bold colours to capture the world around us.  Here are a few of her latest cloud related pieces.

You can see more of her art on her website

Kathy Wilson, Member 58,037, recently contacted us about artist Andy Eccleshall’s, collection at the Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA.  Andy is an English artist now residing in WA.  He has a deep appreciation of nature and takes his inspiration from the light, form and atmosphere around him.

Mary Williamson, Member 54,343, spotted this sculpture by Akio Takamori, “Twin Mountain” at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon, USA. 

Marilyn Murphy, Member 41,144, is an Artist and Professor of Art Emerita at Vanderbilt University. This is one of her graphite drawings entitled “Sky Walkers”. She told us “There are times in New Zealand that the clouds look low enough to grab, hop on then go off to have adventures in the sky. The country is called The Land of the Long White Cloud in Maori it is Aotearoa”.

You can see more of her work on her Marilyn Murphy website

This oil on canvas painting is called “Stratocumulus of Azure Sky” and is the first work in a series “Azure Sky” by artist Julia Dedieu, Member 63,285

You can see more of her work on her website.

Susan Delia sent us this image of a beaded QR code created by her niece. She told us “My niece, Shelby Shirey, is an art student at College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan USA. Her grandfather, David Shirey, was a Cloud Appreciation Society member and really enjoyed it and shared his joy of this society with his granddaughter, Shelby Shirey. Shelby has created, through some app, a QR code to take you to the society. She then laid it out on graph paper and beaded, over the course of 70 hours, this QR code. She has posted this on Instagram stories and displayed it in the CCS student art exhibit. We saw many people scanning the QR code and commenting on how wonderful it was and how fun it was there is a Cloud Appreciation Society”.

Pedro Diaz Del Castillo, Member 37,530, told us he lives most of the year in Madrid, Spain with luminous skies and magnificent clouds the whole year.  A perfect subject for his cloud paintings.

You can see more of his work on his Instagram

Laurel Sherrie uses traditional oils and rich colours to create her pieces.  Here is the second from her Ethereal Skies series entitled “Hushed Evening”.

You can see more of her work on her website

Sherry Palmer, Member 27,151, has been visiting Skye for over 30 years.  This painting is called “Sea Mist behind Ullinish Point” where the cloud stayed most of the day.  Sherry painted this in oil on canvas and told us “Skye has the most amazing clouds; it is impossible not to say something about them in paint!”

Julia Dedieu, Member 63,285 is an artist and recent member of the Cloud Appreciation Society.  This painting was created in oil on canvas in 2023 and was inspired by the view from an airplane window.  Julia has called it “The Sun in the Clouds”.

Michael Pockley, Member 63,102 recently painted this sunrise over the forest, as seen from his bedroom in Bohemia.  He told us his paintings “are not simply about the clouds themselves but about the manner in which the water vapour in the atmosphere interacts with the sun”.

Click here to see more of his work

Holly Lane is a Californian artist who has been exhibiting for more that 30 years.  She told us “I LOVE clouds, but this is the first painting and frame I’ve done that is dedicated to the soaring experience of watching clouds shift in a for-get-me-not blue summer sky”.   

You can see more of Holly’s work on her website – www.hollylaneart.com

“We Shall Rise”, © Holly Lane 2024, 36.5 x 12.75 x 5.75 inches Acrylic and carved wood

Sheila Finch, an award winning artist, shared one of her latest pieces “Where Angels Soar”. On her website she tells us “Where Angels Soar began over 5 years ago when I recalled from memory a moment, a brief glimpse of an ocean sky that felt other-worldly. The clouds swept upward in layers with streams of light filtering throughout”.

This piece is called “Coming Storm” and was painted using oils by Diana Howard, Member 41,003.  She told us it’s of the Ste Victoire in Aix en Provence.

Marilyn Murphy, Member 41,144,  is an Artist and Professor of Art Emerita at Vanderbilt University.  This is one of her graphite drawings entitled “Air and Dreams”.

You can see more of her work on her Marilyn Murphy website

She also has a solo exhibition at the Haley Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee  with some of her cloud series, including the one above.  The exhibition also includes 19 of her relief prints.   It opened on 24 February and will be up until 22 March 2024

Laurel Sherrie, a lifelong artist, paints landscapes of treasured places.  She uses traditional oils and rich colours to create her pieces, which of course include wonderful skies.  Here is the first from her Ethereal Skies series entitled “Clouds of Freedom”

You can see more of her work the Laurel Sherrie website

Sue Hendry, Member 60,264, submitted her oil on canvas painting “Late Afternoon Clouds over Auckland“.  She painted it from a photograph taken from Devonport Ferry Terminal and told us she is “purely an amateur cloud loving artist”.

Sheila Finch, an award winning artist, has had her work exhibited through the USA and Europe.  This is one of her latest pieces “The Light Within”. The description on her website states “As the sun slowly falls to the horizon in the afternoon, I’m offered a visual gift of light and color from layers upon layers of clouds out over the Pacific Ocean”.

You can see more of her work on her website, Sheila Finch Fine Art