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Kyffin Williams , Welsh, 1918-2006

Title

Storm over Caernarfon Bay

Date1996

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions

61 x 61 cm

Signedlower right: SKW

Credit LinePresented, Patron of the National Gallery of Ireland, 2019

Object numberNGI.2019.201

DescriptionThis is the moment before a storm breaks over Caernarfon Bay, captured very effectively in tones of grey and white, as immense clouds hang over the sea. William's seascapes are typically near monochrome, with suggestions of human presence, as in the ghost of a sail here, without being overly specific. The use of palette knife very effectively captures the brooding sense of the oncoming clouds and rain, the sea drained of colour as the light changes.