Billowing storm clouds ☁️, ferocious waves 🌊 & desperate sailors battling the elements. The longer you look at this painting by the more the drama unfolds! ⚠️

See this artwork in our JMW Turner with Lamin Fofana: exhibition. https://t.co/NZ8YcJhuCz

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St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, exhibited at the RA in 1834. One criticism sometimes levelled at Turner is his weakness with the human figure, particularly with faces on a small scale. Here is a detail. I will let you decide.

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