Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

A full moon over a blue bay, with a tree taking the best seat.

Number 30 is a sketch painting by Brian Sindler, acrylic on board in a maple frame, made between 2020 and 2024. Moonlight pictures have long been a staple for painters, and they tend toward blues because the eye reads cool light as night. A tall, olive green tree stands at the left, with sky showing through in turquoise patches. A pale moon hangs at the right, laying a short reflection on a deep blue bay. A small round bush sits at lower right. It is 7 inches wide and 7 high, and the image is 6 by 6.

The moon is on time, and so is the tide.