Sun and Sea Painting Monet A bright full moon rides

A bright full moon rides high over a still lake

evoking crisp highland mornings and the gentle solitude of the wild

its symmetrical summit catching the first pale-pink light of dawn

a great molten sphere of crimson and orange filling almost the entire frame

barely more than dark shapes on the plain

Sun and Sea Painting Monet A bright full moon ridesPhotographed at the close of day, this tranquil beach scene glows with the warm amber light of a low sun reflecting off wet sand. Gentle waves edged in soft white foam roll up the shoreline, while in the foreground footprints and a tuft of dune grass catch the golden side light. The sun itself sits low on the horizon, its reflection streaking across the shallow water and lighting the ripples in copper and bronze. The shallow focus draws the eye into