Project 9: Night

I wanted to create a landscape that changed within itself, that was stark and unexpected like every beautiful sunset. Halfway through the painting, I decided that I would wrap it and make it a source of light. This animated the image. When the lamp is off, it is night.

I enjoyed turning the image inside out because it gave an unexpected transparency and it only showed the bottom brush strokes. The shadow of the lamp was also a discovery that has inspired me to experiment more with light in the future.


Between two hills 

The old town stands.
The houses loom 

And the roofs and trees 

And the dusk and the dark, 

The damp and the dew 

Are there.

The prayers are said 

And the people rest 

For sleep is there 

And the touch of dreams 

Is over all.

- Carl Sandburg