• Tropical storm landscape painting of St Lucia by Johny Midnight, featuring dark green palm trees and jungle in heavy rain with dramatic grey skies breaking into light.
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Gallery Midnight

Island Hurricane

Island Hurricane

by Johny Midnight

A tropical storm rolls into St Lucia at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Dark green palms bend under heavy rain. Then the sky begins to clear, and light catches the water droplets on every leaf. Exhibited at the Mall Galleries, London.

Limited edition fine art prints, hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Once the edition is sold out, it will not be reproduced.

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  • Artwork Description

    This energetic painting depicts a tropical storm rolling in over the Caribbean island of St Lucia. The foreground is dominated by richly painted palm fronds and dense tropical vegetation, applied with palette knives and rollers to create thick, directional texture capturing the weight and movement of leaves in high wind. Deep, saturated greens, near blacks, and vivid emeralds push against one another in the canopy, while rain-wet surfaces catch and throw light in unexpected directions. The sky shifts from dark, oppressive grey through to pale streaks of light, suggesting the storm is already passing - that brief, luminous moment when rain is clearing and the jungle begins to glow.

  • Artist's Insight

    When I lived in the Caribbean, I resisted painting the obvious - the blue skies and white beaches. But St Lucia is full of tropical storms, and those 40-minute downpours followed by extraordinary light were something worth capturing. This painting is about that specific moment just after heavy rain, when every leaf is wet and the light starts coming back through the canopy. The dark grey sky is still there behind it all, but the jungle is already illuminating. I used palette knives and rollers throughout, building the textures of tropical foliage through physical application rather than brushwork. The aim was to give you the lush, green density of a Caribbean island - and the raw energy that comes with it.

Original Artwork Information

Artwork year created: 2015

Original artwork size: 90 x 75 cm

Original artwork medium: Oil on canvas

Original artwork status: SOLD

Print Details

Gallery Midnight limited edition fine art prints are available in A2 and A3 sizes. Edition sizes vary depending on the artwork.

Edition Details

  • A3 Limited Edition of 100
  • A2 Limited Edition of 100
  • Printed on archival matt fine art paper
  • Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
  • Certificate of authenticity included

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About the Artist

Johny is a painter and founder of Gallery Midnight in Balham. His work is often described as “abstract on reality”, capturing familiar landscapes, seascapes and city scenes with expressive colour and movement. Influenced by a life spent between London, the Alps and the Caribbean, his paintings explore changing light, atmosphere and energy, inviting viewers to see well-known places in new and unexpected ways.

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