Two things came together at the same time. One: My friend, Lynn Feller, sent me some amazing shots she took of a full Blue Moon with clouds (two full moons in a month make a "Blue" moon). Two: I spent some time photographing a Spotted Owl named Sequoia at WildCare. The light was low, and the owl had a particular, solitary, and mysterious feeling. These two events came together for me, and I knew I wanted to put them in a painting.
The concept was far easier than the completion. I labored months getting the right balance of dark. In my imagination, these things come together effortlessly, but getting the balance right in real life, or at least the life on the board I am painting on, is another, sometimes extremely different matter. I wanted the feeling of night, but I wanted the Owl to be visible as well.
It is finished for now.
