Northern Lights : Ribbons of vivid green aurora ripple across a deep blue sky in this atmospheric landscape. The sky is painted with layered blues that darken toward the top, so the greens look luminous by contrast. Below, a row of snow-capped mountains rises in thick, textured white, their peaks sharply defined against the glowing sky.
At the bottom, a turquoise and teal lake picks up the colors of the sky and breaks them into short strokes, as if the water were moving gently. The composition has a calm symmetry: sky, mountains, water, each a band of its own, tied together by the shared greens and blues.
The painting captures the hush and wonder of a rare natural event. It is easy to imagine standing at the edge of that lake on a cold night, watching the light dance overhead.
