“Theme from Harry’s Game” was suggested by Duncan Bulman who told us “Next time you get the chance to view the sunrise put on headphones and play this”
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Calvin Grover sent us a compilation of his cloud timelapse videos which he has called “After the Rain”
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

Kate Edge, Member 30,633, an artist from Pembrokeshire recently sent us this poem. We’ve paired it with an oil study which Kate is preparing for a much larger canvas. It was painted in Harbour Village near Goodwick.
We bring peace to you now and forever more,
We are the motion of love resplendent
Our journey is to cover earth with
love’s nourishment to feed mankind
all the seeds sown by the Creator.
We pass all manner of changes below
but we are the circles of divine motion
breathing over the turbulence on earth.
Cloud awakening means to know the
invisible that we carry and to carry
it to the heart to others.
We are a living prayer
We evoke the remembrance
in remembrance let change take place.
© Kate Edge 2025
Dan Barstow, Member 41,557 introduced us to the ‘Earth Music Theatre’ which he curates. Each week he features a new movie. As part of the Earth Serenade series, enjoy Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem (Opus 45). This powerful music is performed by the Orchester & Chor of J. S. Bach-Stiftung in Switzerland. The music is set to images of Earth taken from the International Space Station.
Rex Nelson, Member 62,159 sent us a timelapse of sunsets; the Gulf of Mexico; Tabernash, CO, disappearing behind a snow squall; mammatus chasing a storm; and an octopus in the sky. You can see Rex’s video here
A gallery of Rex’s cloud photos can be found here – Rex Nelson’s Cloud Photos
Schar Freeman, Member 54,318 resides on the island of Kaua’i in the Hawaiian Islands. She told us “I love my walks on the beach. I am a painter and love clouds. This one is my favourite beach walks on an overcast day with clouds that brought no rain..even with the Frog Face that lingers in this formation”.
Mary Williamson, Member 54,343, found this video where the lyrics to Mr Blue Sky have been turned into AI cloud art. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Paul Davies, Member 28,330. wrote this descriptive piece to share with us. We’ve paired it with an image of Zunderdorp, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands © mercy
Staring out the window,
wondering why those cotton-wool balls
which look like mammoths
or a score of shrubs shoulder-to-shoulder
don’t over-fly my garden in smaller clumps
the size of cows or sheep or rabbits or birds
I mean
why are these clouds so large
is there some gravitational attraction
which keeps those visible water particles
together in bundles of roughly similar size
© Paul Davies
Maria Wronka, a cloud lover, created this educational animation about clouds for her University dissertation. It has been screened at the Leeds Young Film Festival during the Easter holidays. It’s a five minute video about different cloud types, and a bit about the water cycle, split into three chapters (cirrus, stratus, and cumulus) explored by different animals in national parks close to Leeds (Lake District, Peak District, and the Yorkshire dales).
She told us, “my aim was to make something that would educate and entertain young audiences, encouraging them to interact with the sky with more imagination and awe, and to deepen their understanding of the behaviour and power of water.”
Musician Max Roudenko recently told us about his recently released album. He told us, “It’s music made for cloud-watching, quite literally. The whole idea for the album came from spending time just lying back and watching the sky drift by”.
Listen to “Observing the…” by Max Roudenko
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




Dan Barstow, Member 41,557 introduced us to the ‘Earth Music Theatre’ which he curates. Each week he features a new movie. As part of the Earth Serenade series, this music is by Dwayne Haggins & Friends accompanying beautiful images of Earth taken by the crew of ISS 65. The song “I Get Sad” evokes honest emotions as we watch the dancing aurora and night clouds. “Where it Wants” follows rivers, mountains and a hurricane.
Justin Auld, Member 29,902, is an artist working in Portland OR who specializes in painting clouds and their ability to suggest images and faces. Hispaintings are named Quantum Paintings for the tie in that he explorse about how, in the quantum environment, nothing exists without an observer. He told us “I use clouds as a vehicle to create a recognizable foundation for the viewer to engage with a seemingly normal cloudscape, but then by inserting faint suggestions of faces and forms within the viewer is then compelled to search for more imagery that is created by their own minds“
He can see more of his work on his website – justinauld.com

Rebecca Hosking, an Australian photographer, filmed this timelapse video along the Great Ocean Road, Fairhaven, in Victoria, Australia.
Zaina Saif sent her latest watercolour, Cumulus congestus. These clouds are also known as ‘towering cumulus’ and develop from cumulus clouds, sometimes prior to a thunderstorm.
Dan Barstow, Member 41,557 introduced us to the ‘Earth Music Theatre’ which he curates. Each week he features a new movie and this one is a montage of photos and music, celebrating One Earth – all in shades of blue. Astronauts took these serene and beautiful photos during December 2023, on ISS Expedition 70. All shades of blue, yet so diverse. For the music, Steve Thomas crafted his dreamlike Guitarscape, resonating with these mesmerizing views.
Holly Payne-Strange, Member 52,979, from New Jersey was enjoying the clouds at Thanksgiving in 2023 when she dreamt up this poem. We’ve paired it with an image of a Circumzenithal Arc over Broadway, NYC, US by Judy Schramm
To Have the Honor of a Cloud
Ice crystals in the sky,
Reflecting sunlight, conjuring shadow
An ever moving gallery of whimsy.
It sounds like magic.
Surely it should be, by all rights
This beauty we ignore, day by day.
I think it’s because they’re so far away,
Glory and valor we assume is out of reach.
There’s a certain proud nobility about them,
Stately and serene.
It all seems so easy, slow, even boring.
An illusion fostered by distance and assumption.
I can’t help but think
That if only we looked,
Really looked, and noticed, and appreciated,
Then maybe grace could be an everyday occurrence.
Maybe we would notice.
Lofty ideals, unencumbered and honest,
Could curl above us
Natural as the wind.
Maybe generosity would need no excuse
And sincerity would be easily accepted,
Suspicion and shame falling like shadow,
To some distant terrain we can’t imagine.
I have to say,
When I think of you,
I only see the clouds.
© Holly Payne-Strange
Christian Ehrig, Member 63,882 contacted us about an exhibition “So Close to Heaven” that is running from 24th May to 2nd November 2025 at the Kunsthalle, 26721 Emden, Germany. The exhibition focuses on the clouds with works from various eras and genres on display, from classical landscapes to contemporary installations.
You can see more about the exhibition on the Kunsthalle website
Illustration: Heiner Altmeppen, North German Landscape , 1980/81 (c) VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Freedom Chelan Sabiston, Member 63,518, told us this painting was great fun as the watercolours bloomed across the paper just as clouds across the sky.
Don Hatfield, supporting member 42854, recently proposed ‘Move the Clouds’ by Shadowfax for the ‘Music to Watch Clouds By’ section of our website.
Haruko Greenberg, Member 65,103, submitted this photo of her “cloud mugs” which came out of the kiln early in April 2025.
She told us, “These ”cloud mugs” are my latest design. Thanks to Cloud Appreciation Society, the constantly changing sky became my inspiration. I look up at the clouds every day, feeling how beautiful this world is and feeling the connection to all the wonderful people I’ve never met who are doing the same in the different parts of the planet”.
Dan Barstow, Member 41,557 introduced us to the ‘Earth Music Theater’ which he curates. Each week he features a new movie and told about this one –
Inspiration4 was the first all-civilian mission to orbit Earth, resulting in these powerful photographs by Chris Sembroski who served as humanity’s eyes. The video was captured by astronaut Matthew Dominick from the ISS during Expedition 72. Earth’s images are set to music composed and performed by Hiroshi Ebina, a Japanese sound artist creating electronic/ambient music.
Ann Kraus, Member 48,329, sent us her painting “Holgate” which is part of an exhibition of her cloudscapes show “I Collect Clouds” that opened on 2nd May 2025 at the Hunt Library in Falls Village, Connecticut. She told us “the town is literally next door to the town where Eric Sloane painted his clouds and that you wonderfully highlighted recently in the Cloud-a-Days“.
You can see more about Ann’s work on her website
Hubert Klotzeck, Member 47,689, has a photographic exhibition, “Love of the Clouds” at the Bauerngerätemuseum Ingolstadt (Bavaria) running from 5th April to 31st October 2025.
The exhibition website page tells us –
The special exhibition “Cloud Love” presents impressive photographs by the Eichstätt cloud estimator Hubert P. Klotzeck. All the works on display were filmed in the Altmühl Valley around Eichstätt affiliated. With its 360-degree panoramic view, the Jura plateau offers ideal conditions for observing the sky and invites you to look up to the sky. In his photographs, Klotzeck captures a wide variety of cloud formations – from filigree veils and dramatic thunderclouds to delicate feather structures and monumental skyscapes. These unique snapshots of textures and light reflect the incredible diversity and dynamics of the sky. The exhibition invites visitors to take a closer look at the often overlooked beauties above our heads. Because sometimes all it takes is the courage to look up to discover the ephemeral splendor of the clouds.
Angela Winter, member 53,244, release an original song in September 2021 – one that was inspired by a quote that was shared in one of our regular newsletters.
Cecilia Temeperli, Member 64,974, created this watercolour of a sunrise in the Simpson Desert, Australia. She told us “I have been dabbling in watercolours for several years now and am still learning. This was one of my first small artwork of a sunrise in the Simpson Desert and it still resonates with me, since 2014, I have been joining yearly treks with pack camels in the Simpson Desert in Australia. On this occasion, we put our swags on top of a sand dune, and I woke to a stunning morning sky. I painted this from a photograph I had taken, and this watercolour conveys the mood of this sunrise so much better than the photo.”
Jan Boles, Member 13,316, sent us his humorous cloud related limerick. We have paired it with an image of a curtain of precipitation falling from a storm system over Charlo, Montana, US by Ruth Quist.
A cloud spotter, known as Horatio,
Was keen on words rhyming with “ratio.”
He often would sigh,
Looking up at the sky,
“That’s not ‘rain,’ it’s ‘praecipitatio.’”
© Jan Boles February 2024
Kathleen Wilson, Member 58,037 wrote to tell us about an exhibition by Andy Eccleshall which is running at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art until the 2nd June 2025. Andy is a fine artist with a fascination with the sky, light and atmosphere. The website tells us “Andy Eccleshall’s large-format oil paintings bring the sifting moods and vast panoramas of Western Washington to life“. You can see more about the exhibition on the museum’s website.
You can also visit Andy Eccleshall’s website to see more of his work.
Buckshot Dot, AKA Dee Strickland Johnson, sent one of her more recent poems. The image we’ve chosen to accompany it is a sunrise over Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain by Lourdes Sanches Munoz
A BRILLIANT SUNSET
I saw a sunset, just this evening.
Out the window of my den.
‘Twas so lovely, so inspiring
I ran to fetch my camera in.
Vermillion clouds –
a dozen of them, ‘gainst a sky
deep turquoise blue!
By the time I’d found my camera, tho’,
alas, the show was through.
Still, I know I’ll keep it always
in the lens of my mind’s eye:
Those amazing brilliant
orange pink clouds
dancing in a turquoise sky.
Buckshot Dot* © 2020
Lambrouleo Estharoe sent his composition for our Music to watch Clouds by section. He recommends this for not only cloud watching, but also Meditation and Bipolar Disorder.
Sue Hendry, Member 60,264, submitted her oil on canvas paintings, the one above is called “Dawn over Mossel Bay, South Africa”


Massimiliano Squadroni shared a new video of his project “Over the Clouds”. It was filmed from the Alps to Apennines on 25th January 2025
Dale Wayne suggested ‘Pareidolia’ by Buck Meek, for the Music to Watch Clouds by section of our website
Verena Foxx, Member 4,836 from Canada, sent us this photograph of the cloud art she has hanging in her home.
Antonio Martínez, a calligrapher from Spain is passionate about clouds. He told us, “I have dedicated 5 collages to Goethe’s poems in the original language, celebrating the work of Luke Howard: Atmosphäre, Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, Nimbus. They are handwritten in gothic script, with a square-tipped metal nib and ink on Strathmore toned gray A4 paper”. The image above is “Stratus” by J W Goethe.

Dan Barstow, Member 41,557 introduced us to the ‘Earth Music Theater’ which he curates. Each week he features a new movie and in this one, astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, shows the scene from ISS Expedition 69 on August 20, 2023, beginning with sunrise over the Atlantic clouds, then on to Europe, Saudi Arabia and dusk over the Indian Ocean. The movie is set to the inspiring music of the choral group Seraphim and composer Timothy C. Takach, recorded live in Chestnut Hill, MA. Recorded on 08/20/2023.
Sienna Gates, Member 64,436 sent her painting ‘Sky Seahorse’ that was inspired by a view from her car window. She told us, “I woke up to snow the next morning because of a cold front, so he was the last cloud I saw for several wintery snowdays away from school. I was experimenting with some acrylic paint and am really happy with how it turned out!”
Gary McArthur, Member 5,353, captured this two hour timelapse video of the sky over Tasmania on 27th January 2025. He told us “it shows the mesmerising effect of shadows from an upper altocumulus floccus layer projected onto a lower layer of stratocumulus. The added interest is that both layers are moving in OPPOSITE directions. It amazes me how much we can learn about clouds from time lapse – the only way you could ever detect this effect…”
Addy Linz, Member 64,475 suggested “Marvellous Clouds” by Cosmo Sheldrake, a UK-based composer, producer and live improviser. Running through all his work is a belief that the living world is a noisy and musical place with the power to change how we think, feel, and imagine.







































