Double matted with 8 ply archival mats in an 8 1/2" x 11" maple frame	Description	Unframed (actual size)	Story
	Catalog No. 01a04-17 Size 8 1/2" x 11" Painting in Gouache on 300# hot Press WC paper Price $153 SOLD		In this night scene, the full moon "rests" comfortably next to the landscape. To its left and with equal prominence, is a silhouetted, leafless tree whose branching spreads out across the star-filled sky. Again there is vastness in the "depth" the branching helps to create against the night sky. I enjoy placing objects behind others in order to create these feelings of distance. There is a warmth in this piece despite the leafless tree. The glow of the moon shines at the edge of the hill. It appears "attached" to the green slope. And if it were not for this warm glow, then both the steep and sharp teal-green slope with the large and fragile, silhouetted tree would both appear cold and separate from the one another. It appears "Hillside Companion" conveys a balance and unifying feeling -- a mood of comfort, and a pleasing display of simple landscape elements in a starry night.