Moonlit Sentinel

This beautiful, original acrylic painting explores the quiet mystery of moonlit trees. The richly textured white tree trunks emerge from a deep blue landscape, illuminated by the soft glow of a full moon. Rather than depicting a literal place, the work captures an impression where forms become dreamlike and filled with possibility.
Created with expressive, spontaneous brushwork and layered texture, this painting celebrates the strength and beauty of trees while leaving space for the viewer's own imagination and interpretation.
I hope this painting invites you to pause for a moment and step into the quiet mystery of a moonlit forest, where ancient trees seem to breathe beneath the light of the moon.
Painted with professional acrylics on stretched canvas, this original artwork is unframed with painted edges and arrives ready to hang.

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Art is an adventure. Every painting begins with an idea, but rarely ends where I expect.
I love the unexpected paths that appear through spontaneous bold marks, vivid colour, and instinct . The process of discovery is as important as the end result.

Growing up surrounded by the rainforests and coastline of the Northern Rivers gave me a lifelong connection to the wild, mysterious energy of nature.
My paintings celebrate this wildness- the movement, growth, vitality, mystery, and possibility. I embrace vigorous line work, strong colour and spontaneous decisions, allowing the energy and journey of the painting to remain visible.
I often leave areas partly unresolved, as though the artwork is still growing, still breathing, still becoming. I love that feeling of energy- and of life continuing beyond the edge of the canvas.

I have always been more of a tidy perfectionist in my art - especially in my Botanical work- which has been valuable and interesting- for refining my art, technique and knowledge.
But I am so enjoying this new expressive freedom in my art- it now feels like my paintings have started running barefoot!!

I hope my paintings invite people to really enjoy their connection with nature- to embrace curiosity, joy, wonder, exploration and discovery 🌊🌿

Thanks for looking at my art