William Turner has always been an inspiration throughout my art and design pathway. Although I am more of a photographer, Turners method of painting luminous skies and showing light and dark has influenced the way I photograph architecture, as well as nature.
His painting are very dramatic and the atmosphere is emphasised a lot. In his earlier work, he paid more attention to the architecture and natural scenes until the his later years where the ground elements were overshadowed by the sky. He paid less attention to details and focused on light created by natural sources like the sun or moon. The variety of colours are beautifully mixed together, allowing there to be a easy flow.
What I appreciate about his work is he did not paint landscapes in an ordinary way. He gave his own impression of what he could view. Others would simply focus on trying to capture exactly what the scenery looks like in that moment. He took the atmosphere and showed the power of nature in contrast to the era he was living in, the Industrial Revolution.
Turner’s Industrial Revolution painting gave us an insight of the beginning of technology. And although this was a time to celebrate new inventions, natural always triumphed as shown in paintings.
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