This oil sketch captures the dramatic cloud studies John Constable made on Hampstead Heath, where he lived in the early 1820s and spent hours recording the sky's changing light, believing that truthful skies were the foundation of an honest landscape. Catalogued in the style of Constable, it reflects the loose, rapid brushwork he used to capture a storm passing over the heath in a matter of minutes. Constable's Hampstead sky studies are now regarded as pioneering works of open-air observation, decades ahead of their time.
Printed with archival giclée inks on smooth, acid-free 220 gsm gallery-grade fine-art paper; available in multiple sizes.
