Derek Boshier

British
(1937–2024)

The Darker Side of Houston
1980

Oil on canvas
45.25 x 36.5 x 1.75 in.
Gift of the Kathryn C. Wanlass Foundation
2021.5

• black
• city
• gray
• grey
• lightning - An abrupt discontinuous natural electric discharge in the atmosphere.
• mauve - A delicate purple aniline dye; one of the earliest synthetic dyes. When chemist William Henry Perkin was working to create artificial quinine, he noticed a residue that became the first aniline dye (mauveine), sometimes called aniline purple.
• oil paint
• red
• sky
• skyscraper
• storms - Violent disturbances of the atmosphere attended by wind and usually also by rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
• water - A liquid made up of molecules of hydrogen and oxygen (HO2). When pure, it is colorless, tasteless, and odorless. It exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid forms; it is liquid at room temperature. It is the liquid of which seas, lakes, and rivers are composed, and which falls as rain. Water is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. It is vital to life, participating in virtually every process that occurs in plants and animals. One of its most important properties is its ability to dissolve many other substances. The versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. The term "water" is typically used to refer to the liquid form of this compound; for the solid or gaseous forms, use "ice" or "water vapor."