Golden Moon and Lone Tree Painting Monet while eroded rock towers stand

while eroded rock towers stand far off on a horizon washed in ochre and dusty gold

rust and warm brown

where the birds' vivid feathers pop against the darker backdrop

The photographic depth pulls the eye straight to the animal

The Milky Way stretches edge to edge across a deep night sky

Golden Moon and Lone Tree Painting Monet while eroded rock towers standA vast golden moon dominates this dramatic portrait scene, its amber, crater pocked surface glowing fiercely behind a solitary, gnarled tree that twists upward from a barren rise. The trunk bends and coils with weathered character, its bare branches splayed like reaching fingers across the luminous disc. All around, the sky churns in swirling strokes of charcoal and deep slate, the thick textured brushwork lending genuine depth, weight and movement to