"Auntie Em! Uncle Henry! It's a Twister!"
The Tornado(oils, 6x8", SOLD!)
As dangerous as a tornado can be, I'm completely fascinated by them. Just amazing displays of nature gone mad. They're fun to paint too. A long time ago, in 1985 I experienced a tornado myself. I had no idea what was happening but the sky was this weird green, and dark, and I saw things being lifted upward, the funnel passed overhead but it was on it's last seconds. Later I found it had taken the roof off a Burger King and done some other damage. This was a quick little painting, done with thin oil and it just seemed to come together fast. Very enjoyable to do.
As dangerous as a tornado can be, I'm completely fascinated by them. Just amazing displays of nature gone mad. They're fun to paint too. A long time ago, in 1985 I experienced a tornado myself. I had no idea what was happening but the sky was this weird green, and dark, and I saw things being lifted upward, the funnel passed overhead but it was on it's last seconds. Later I found it had taken the roof off a Burger King and done some other damage. This was a quick little painting, done with thin oil and it just seemed to come together fast. Very enjoyable to do.posted by Bob Eggleton (Zillabob) | 7:38 AM
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Wow. You really captured the power of the tornado and the terrible darkness of the clouds. I was in one once, visiting my husband's relatives, in a trailer park in Oklahoma. Very scarry. Way worse than earthquakes.
Thanks Julie. There's a guy in the midwest who does paintings of tornadoes and gets alot of money for them, and he has the same thinking I do about them. I see them as forces of nature, kind of like Godzilla would be in the movies, just that was personified...
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