Perpetual Clouds, 2024




Perpetual Clouds, is a living digital painting that captures the ever-changing beauty of the natural sky. Morphing clouds drift, blend, and transform across a dynamic canvas, reflecting real-time cloud cover from the viewer’s location. Subtle gradients and time-based color shifts create a serene, immersive experience—turning the ephemeral movement of the atmosphere into a perpetual work of art.






Perpetual Clouds, HTML5 / JavaScript, generative digital artwork, 1000 × 1000 px, animated gradient, 2024

This artwork responds directly to you. It uses your location, local time to generate clouds that is unique to your place and moment.


© Matthew Howes 2012 -