Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - Dutch Boats in Gale

Image courtesy of Turner: The Life and Masterworks by Eric Shanes, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

Here the shapes used in the image displays power and passion. The roughness and darkness of the clouds gives a great sense of inpending danger. They are used as an emotional stimulate the viewer and this in conjunction with the corner of blue sky to the right shows a yurning for the beautiful and sublime.