Wolf Howling at the Moon

About the work

Style

A romantic nocturne on the classic wildlife silhouette motif.

Medium

Oil or acrylic on canvas.

Palette

A cool blue-grey night with a luminous pale moon and a near-black foreground.

Composition

The wolf sits low left on a diagonal outcrop and the moon upper right, setting the two focal points on opposing corners, with the treeline closing the base.

Technique

Softly blended cloud with impasto edges, a glazed halo around the moon, and wolf and trees kept as flat black shapes.

Mood

Lonely, atmospheric and mythic.