Darksky by Moira Racich

Moira Racich

Dark Sky

Dark Sky is an ongoing series of paintings of the night sky unobscured unobscuredby light pollution.

The series, which seems to glow even under the gallery lights, is the closest any [Northern Michigan] explorer will get to experiencing the night sky in all its unobstructed celestial glory… save for a midnight trip to the dunes. — Kierstin Gunsberg, Northern Express

Painting of a crow landing near the top of a tree at night

Coming in Hot
acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24"

Painting of birch branches silhoutted against a bay at night

Intermittent
acrylic on canvas, 10" x 10"

Painting of two falling stars over a tree covered hill

Siegfried and Odette
acrylic on canvas, 10" x 10"

Painting of an island at night

In the Distance
acrylic on canvas, 6" x 8"

Painting of an evergreen tree silhouetted by the Milky Way

Angular Momentum
acrylic on canvas, 10" x 8"

Painting of a telephone pole in the desert at twilight

Lonely Road
acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24"

Painting of a pine-covered horizon silhouetted by the Milky Way

In the Dunes
acrylic on canvas, 6" x 8"

Painting of a crane flying past the top of a tree at night

Crane
acrylic on canvas, 8" x 8"

Painting of a pine silhouetted by the Milky Way

Statuesque
acrylic on canvas, 12" x 6"

Painting of two evergreen trees silhouetted by the Milky Way

Good Company
acrylic on canvas, 8" x 6"

Painting of a windsurfer at night

Balance Point
acrylic on canvas, 8" x 6"

Painting of evergreen trees silhouetted against Lake Michigan at night

Vantage Point
acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"

Selected Past Works

Painting of a dying tree by the water at night

Defiant
acrylic on canvas, 8" x 6"

Painting of two trees bending in the wind at night

Small Craft Advisory
acrylic on canvas, 10" x 10"

Painting of a meteor falling above a dune

Ephemeral
acrylic on canvas, 8" x 8"

Painting of a crow in a tree at night

Corvid
acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"

Painting of an eastern white pine in front of Lake Michigan at night

Eastern White Pine
acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"

Painting of a tall ship at night with a falling star

Sailor's Luck
acrylic on canvas, 8" x 6"

Painting of the Milky Way reflected over water

At the Beach
acrylic on canvas, 10" x 10"

Painting of telephone poles at night

Night Run at the Bight
acrylic on canvas, 10" x 10"

Painting of a pine-lined beach and the Milky Way in the sky above the water

Outer Edge
acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"

Painting of tree silhouetted by the Milky Way

Impermanence
acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"

Painting of a hawk flying at night

Searching
acrylic on canvas, 8" x 6"

Painting of the moon between two trees

Lean In
acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"

Painting of two trees at night, bending in the wind

23 Knots
acrylic on canvas, 10" x 10"

Painting of a full moon

Tycho
acrylic on canvas, 6" x 6"

Painting of the public beach in Northport, MI at night

Northport Beach
acrylic on canvas, 10" x 10"