The intense blue featured in this small square painting is a hand-mixed matt acrylic ultramarine blue. The close light to dark relationship of this very saturated blue and the near black that make up the background of the painting vibrate from a particular distance, at least for me. The arc of gilded circles and bits of texture make a glittering frame for what might be the silhouette of the new moon. A vertical shadow cutting across the right third of the canvas adds a sense of depth.
The dark blue, gold, and black hand painted circles in Randall Stoltzfus’ painting “New Moon” outline a dark circles behind the faint silhouette of a tree
