Lunar Surface Moon Painting Monet The contrast is dramatic: highlights

The contrast is dramatic: highlights catch the ridge of the horns and the crest of the shoulders

rose and soft green tones warm cool greys

Beyond the crest

The painting carries the gentle spirit of woodland fairy tales and a child's first wonder at the wild

A jewelled sceptre rests in its paws

Lunar Surface Moon Painting Monet The contrast is dramatic: highlightsThis arresting monochrome study captures the Moon in extraordinary detail, its cratered surface rendered with crisp photographic clarity against the depth of black space. The right side glows with reflected light, every basin, ridge and impact crater traced in silver and shadow, while the left edge dissolves into darkness where the lunar night begins. Pinpricks of brightness mark the rims of younger craters, and the slow gradation from luminous grey