The Tempest,1965 Oil on wood 68.5 x 61 cm (27 x 24 in) When an idea evolves, particularly an intense idea, I try to record the idea before it flees. The pictures are done spontaneouslythe creative impulse of the moment is strapped to the canvas before it changes its nature" - National Artist Jose Joya. This very rare abstract expressionist and thickly impastoed work, with its riveting grooves and valleys, portrays an impulsive moment, the weight of the strokes igniting the sense of touch. Like the act of nature for which it is named, this Joyas magnum opus is pure energy on canvas, a tour de forcelegacy.