Moon Over Mount Kenya, Approaching the Summit

 

120 x 80 cm

oil and mixed media on linen canvas

Framed in a custom designed oak frame

 

Painted from the experience of the final approach towards Point Lenana, Mount Kenya, before dawn.

Under moonlight, the mountain emerged from the darkness as the trail climbed towards the summit. The painting draws on that strange transition between night and first light, with the peaks suspended above a fractured landscape of rock and colour.

 
Peter Kettle