Dimensions: image: 110 x 156 mm
Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is "33. All Cloudy..." by Alexander Cozens. I'm really drawn to the almost abstract simplicity of it. It feels both modern and ancient, like a memory of a sky. What do you make of this cloudscape? Curator: It's utterly beguiling, isn't it? Cozens wasn't just painting clouds; he was inventing a visual language for feeling, a shorthand for the sublime. Do you see how the texture almost vibrates with a sense of the infinite? Editor: I do, now that you mention it. It's like he's captured a fleeting emotion rather than a literal sky. Curator: Precisely! He's handing us the keys to unlock our own imaginative landscapes. It’s less about what he saw and more about what we can feel. Editor: That’s a beautiful way to put it. It makes me want to go outside and really look at the sky.