Moonglow

I remember gazing out my bedroom window at night as a child and wondering so many things about life. Years later I'm still in awe whenever I look up at twinkling stars and the moon, which when full is sometimes encircled with a colored ring as its light transforms moisture droplets into radiant prisms. I think perhaps it happens more often here at the beach.

I have thousands of reference photos set aside to paint. I apparently see potential paintings everywhere, but would have to live a couple hundred years to paint them all - and that wouldn't work because I'd continue adding more. The beauty of life is infinite.

Recently I decided to paint a selection of my photo references in very small sizes to celebrate my gallery's 25th anniversary. Of all the photos hanging around in my storage cloud, this is the first one I chose.

"Moonglow" is a 6" x 6" oil painting on hankerchief-fine, oil-primed Belgian linen painted using a glazing method used for centuries to produce luminescent oils. It is noted as Number 1/25 of my Celebration Series on the back of the linen panel.

I hope you enjoy prints of my little painting, Moonglow. -- Ellen