Landscape by Moonlight

Whenever I visit an art gallery, there is inevitably a painting that sparks joy, or otherwise leaves me with an impression that sticks with me. Peter Paul Rubens’ Landscape by Moonlight was one such painting. The painting depicts a landscape at night time. The ground and the trees on the left are dark. The river in the bottom left is illuminated by reflection of moonlight which draws attention to an animal in the foreground. A full moon peeks through an otherwise cloudy sky. The sky, and th...