Descent II 6" x 6" Oil on panel Tornados are beautiful and terrible all at the same time. Last spring, we had roiling, swirling dark green clouds overhead and it felt like the eye of the storm was looking down right at us. We called it the big green bastard . We could hardly tear ourselves away to go to the basement, but luckily for us, it dissipated and we were left standing on our backporch, looking up, mesmerized.