Saturday, Still Turner After All These Years

Joseph Mallord William Turner's The Battle of Trafalgar is currently on exhibit in the West Wing of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.

The battle depicts one of Britain's finest hours against the French and Spanish fleets in 1805. It could remind me of this.

Back to Turner: though his historical and commissioned magnus opuses, like the one above which took him several years to complete, don't thrill me nearly as much as his little watercolor studies, and landscapes, I still like them for what they are. But it's his tiny watercolor gems---often studies he did quickly to prepare for the big stuff---that really takes my breath away.