Bob Dylan Storm Clouds

Storm Clouds demonstrates what Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones has described as Dylan's 'drunken abandon to the power of colour', observing that 'the colours of Dylan's landscape are subtle, rich, with just a hint of apocalypse.' The painting is from a new body of work by Dylan depicting anonymous figures in the diverse settings of rural and urban America. 

Storm Clouds shows a traditional, countryside house which although unspecified, seems a familiar and recognisable feature of a typically 'American' landscape, surrounded by a sinister, billowing red sky. As author, producer, and broadcaster Bill Flanagan suggests, 'the sky is an important presence in Dylan's work - painted in different colours and textures, each variation changing how we are affected by the entire picture.'