Category: Cloud Art

Got cloud art to contribute to the Cloud Appreciation Society? Submit in your work and we will be happy to consider sharing it here.

Cloud Hats

Nate Barton, member 46,647, is a self taught artist, teacher and maker in Asheville, North Carolina. As well as making hats, he also includes handpainted cloudscapes on them.

You can see more of his work on his Instagram

“Cloud Factory” by Marilyn Murphy

Marilyn Murphy, Member 41,144, is an Artist and Professor of Art Emerita at Vanderbilt University.  The drawing above was created with graphite in 2026 and is entitled “Cloud Factory”.  Marilyn told us, “I have spent my life surrounded by remarkable clouds.  Growing up on the Great Plains in the heart of Tornado Alley in the US, I am now mesmerized by the dream-like sky of Whangarei, New Zealand.  The artwork I produce is influenced by my environment, reading and my experiences. I love factory tours, books, old magazines from prior to mid-20th century and obsolete equipment.  Why not combine them all?”

You can see more of Marilyn’s work on the Marilyn Murphy website

cloud-cropped-2013 © Clare Martin

Clare Martin

in Los Angeles, CA, USA

This sculpture by Clare Martin is entitled “Cloud” and is made with 30 thousand toy soldiers, at Canberra Museum & Gallery, Australia, 2013

cloud-cropped-2013 © Clare Martin

C Magellen

These original paintings were done on 4×8 foot canvases, and used as upholstery on restored antique furniture frames. Each painting is original and no two pieces of furniture are the same. Concept by DeWayne Lumpkin. Paintings done by CMagellen, both of Southern Oregon. This furniture series was first exhibited in July 2010 in Redondo Beach, CA.

Backdrop for chair is a 8×12 foot, 6-panel painting, also by Magellen.

Chair Crop © C Magellen

By Shelby Shirey

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”.

By Sarah Vivian

Sarah Vivian, member 48,706, recently joined the Cloud Appreciation Society. She tells us she loves to paint the never-ending beauty of clouds

by Katrina Case

Tim Kessler, member 45,331, submitted this painting by artist Katrina Case. The piece shows a massive cumulonimbus having just passed the Mickelsen Safeguard site near Langdon, North Dakota

By Anna Watts

Gerard Watts, Member 62,339, sent us this painting by his Anna Watts.  He told us

“Anna is an artist from Greystanes NSW Australia. She specialises in abstract art drawing and painting. Much of her art is inspired from nature and her surroundings. Anna’s other interests are music composition and puppetry”

Bringing the Sky Inside

Nomad Ovunc, member 53117, and his wife are touring musicians in the US, and regularly criss-cross the country. Whenever they see a beautiful sky, they stop the car and take a photo.

Beinn Sgritheall by Sherry Palmer

Sherry Palmer, Member 27,151, is a landscape artist who returns to the same location again and again to get to know it. She found the perfect place on the Isle of Skye, on the Northwest coast of Scotland and has been travelling there for over 36 years. She says that the island landscape has helped to make her a better artist. 

This painting is of Beinn Sgritheall, on the mainland, seen from the shore on South Skye in autumn 2025.  She told us,  “I have painted the mountain for several years now and it continues to inspire me to say something, in paint, about it, and its clouds!”

See more of Sherry’s work on her website

“Before the Storm” by Larissa Gray

Larissa Gray is an award winning artist based in Kyneton, a town in the Macedon Ranges region of West Central Victoria, Australia.  Although she specialises in small scale bronze and mixed media sculptures, she also likes to draw clouds.  This one is called ‘Before the Storm’.

You can see more about Larissa and her work on her website