James Whistler

This painting has always appealed to me and I'm not sure why.
It's called Nocturne in Black and Gold - The Falling Rocket and it's supposed to be exactly that.
Whistler was even sued by the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais (might know him by his portrait of John Ruskin or The Boyhood of Raleigh) for being a fraud, a liar, a bastard for making people think that this painting could even be legitimately described as art. This included Millais pointing out the way Whistler was making fools of the people who marveled at his supposedly incoherent work and even buying it.
Thank goodness for artistic revolutions though or nothing would change.
At least a couple artists every once in a while had to put up with the shit for being different and experimental before society could start saying 'Hmmm... I actually do really like this style" and having it catch on and be super trendy for a while until the next rebel throws something at everyone.
I just picture water, fireworks, confetti, night time, mystery, UFO's, murder, dragons, grand-scale celebration, flashlights, police, the northern lights, people running away from something, and at the same time - it being totally ethereal and beautiful.
It's just so easy on the eyes and really open to interpretation so here... I'll let you look at it.