This is the nocturnal version of my last painting, Morning Birds.
Here, the tree is bathed in silvery moonlight. The sky is deep blue and the ground is red clay.
![Night Birds. 16" x 12", Oil on Canvas, © 2016 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Night-Birds.jpg)
The birds are perched in the chill of a clear starry sky, under a rising crescent moon.
![Close-up detail: Night Birds. 16" x 12", Oil on Canvas, © 2016 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Night-Birds-detail1.jpg)
The paint on the tree trunk is textured into knots and gnarls, raised up from the canvas in contrast to the flat paint of the sky.
![Close-up detail: Night Birds. 16" x 12", Oil on Canvas, © 2016 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Night-Birds-detail2.jpg)
A magical nighttime scene to behold!
![Night Birds. 16" x 12", Oil on Canvas, © 2016 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Night-Birds-detail3.jpg)
This one will be available for the first time, along with many others, during my Spring Sale May 15-30!