Society member, Paula Russell, contacted us recently to tell us about this wonderful art installation on Governors Island, New York.
The installation – which made its debut at Palazzo Flangini during the 57th Venice Biennale – has been adapted and installed inside St Cornelius’ church to mark its reopening and will be there until 31st October 2018.
You can see more on the Governors Island website and also read a review on The Spaces
Rowena Scotney, an artist who is inspired by clouds, recently sent her painting “Mares Tails and Mackerel Scales”. She told us she was inspired while lying in a field, next to a granite outcrop, looking up at the sky with her son, buzzards and jackdaws above and around …and close mooings of cows in the next field. It was a beautiful July day in West Cornwall, UK… before the changeability and the rains!
She works mainly with local, ethical wools – wet-felting and needle-felting and then embellishing with stitching and small beads. She loves how this phenomenon is sometimes called ‘ciel moutonné’ (fleecy sky) in France, ‘Schäfchenwolken’ (sheep clouds)! in Germany and ‘pecorelle’ (little sheep) in Italy :) – So apt for the felting medium!
You can see more of her artwork on her website
Videographer, Roberto Porto recently shared this short time lapse and drone video of a sea of clouds on the island of La Palma (Spain)
Daryl D Johnson, member 45193, recently sent “Solstice Sunset” and told us about her upcoming exhibition, “The Chi of Clouds” which begins on 7th September and runs until 28th October at Fry Fine Art, Peterborough NH.
Kenny Duffy (member 45,185) recently sent us this time-lapse video of some impressive cloud formations developing over Catonsville, USA
A mighty Cumulus demonstrates cloud power with the help from a far more retiring cloud friend in the Cloud of the Month for August…
SkyDay is a free educational platform with a single goal – to connect people across the world via our magnificent sky!
Cindy Medina from Las Cruces, NM has sent two whimsical haiku poems for us to enjoy.
Sylvia Archer, member 42582, of Spruce Pine, NC, USA recently contacted us about the Cloud Observatory they have installed at Penland School of Crafts.
Karen Irmer, member no 29940, was invited to create an art installation in the newly refurbished church of St Moritz in Augsburg, Germany.
Louise Keable is an artist from Québec, Canada who enjoys using acrylic on canvas to capture the beauty of clouds.
You can see more of her work on her Facebook page
Helen Roberts, Senior Operational Meteorologist at the Met Office and member 28957, has done a course on Future Learn about the weather which is available from 6th August 2018.
Jean Nels, Executive Director of Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum recently contacted us about two lenticular cloud videos they have produced.
July’s Cloud of the Month shows why in summer the best cloudspotting can be after dark…
Jurene Phaneuf (Member 45,173) told us about this amazing video of wingsuit pilots…
Earther, an environmental news site, recently published an article for their “Get Outside” themed week about the art and science of cloudspotting.
Listen to Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s recent interview with Glastonbury FM
This painting was sent in by Lyn Canham who gave a wonderful description of its inspiration
Sogno d’Ombra (Dream of Shadow) – Bardiglio Marble – 2017 © Rob Good
Storms that Spin: Cloud of the Month for June comes twisting from the western edge of tornado alley in the US state of Colorado…
Laura Hilkemann got in touch to tell us about a stunning formation of asperitas clouds that were recently flowed across Nebraska, USA
Artist, Tom Blazier, member 17468 recently sent his nocturne cloud oil painting titled “Jemez Moon”.
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, member 24,422, recently contacted us about this interesting cloud-related article
‘Summer Storm’ by Marissa Blossom, Member 42,677…
Ryoma’s mum, Alex, recently sent us this wonderful poem written by her son describing what he sees when he’s cloudspotting…
Afsaneh A Michaels, member 45450, seeks to convey the poetry of nature in its grand displays in the sky as cloud formations: each cloud expressing the atmosphere’s moods like a person’s feelings. She recently shared this example showing the clouds over San Francisco Bay.
You can see more of her work on her website
David Oscarson, Supporting Member 40914, recently shared this poem which beautifully describes the image he captured.
David Oscarson, supporting member 40914, recently sent us this time-lapse created of clouds over Clark County, Nevada.
Carole Chandler, member 28346, sent us a little poem from Marley (Retired Guide Dog … and super-duper canine cloud-spotter) and herself that hopes might bring a smile to some fellow ‘cloud spotters’ out there!
May’s Cloud of the Month is a rare combination of optical effects, all tied up in a bow…
Fulvia Testi, an artist from Cuneo, Italy recently shared this beautiful painting with us.
When Society founder, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, was in San Francisco in April 2018, he was interviewed by Michael Krazny on the Forum Show on KQED Radio. There was a phone-in towards the end of the show, and one of the callers asked his advice about cloud books for kids.
“A cloud is a shade in motion” claims this great New Yorker review
Carol Ritter Wright, member 45130, recently wrote to us about her love of clouds and how she has incorporated this into her home.
Sharrie Fordham of Bury St Edmunds, UK, recently sent us this thoughtful cloud inspired poem.
Bhavna Misra illustrates nature, landscapes, portraiture, and still life as an emotional response to what she observes.
As part of our speaking tour of US northwest states, Gavin was interviewed by Michael Krazny for Forum on KQED Radio in San Francisco.
Cloud enthusiast, Mark Hyde, recently contacted us about the Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) which is a state-of-the-art, unique collection of optical cameras, fast light meters and X- and Gamma-ray detectors, that will for the first time, will allow researchers to observe lightning in the Earth’s atmosphere with unprecedented detail from space.
The monitor will study the inner workings of lightning allowing us to have more understanding of the impact of lightning on the atmosphere.
There is an in-depth and fascinating article about this on the University of Bath website.
Mamma clouds, also known as mammatus, are pouch-like formations named after the Latin for an ‘udder’…
In April’s Cloud of the Month we ask ‘What is a sunset without clouds?’…
