Dark Sky
Dark Sky is an ongoing series of paintings of the night sky unobscured by light pollution.
![Painting of a pine-lined beach and the Milky Way in the sky above the water](art/moira-racich_outer-edge.jpg)
Outer Edge
![Painting of a pine silhouetted by the Milky Way](art/moira-racich_statuesque.jpg)
Statuesque
![Painting of a crane flying past the top of a tree at night](art/moira-racich_crane.jpg)
Crane
![Painting of a windsurfer at night](art/moira-racich_balance-point.jpg)
Balance Point
![Painting of a leafless catalpa tree silhouetted against the night sky](art/moira-racich_catalpa.jpg)
Catalpa
![Painting of a telephone pole in the desert at twilight](art/moira-racich-lonely-road.jpg)
Lonely Road
Selected Past Works
![Painting of a dying tree by the water at night](art/moira-racich_defiant.jpg)
Defiant
![Painting of two trees bending in the wind at night](art/moira-racich_small-craft-advisory.jpg)
Small Craft Advisory
![Painting of a meteor falling above a dune](art/moira-racich_ephemeral.jpg)
Ephemeral
![Painting of an eastern white pine in front of Lake Michigan at night](art/moira-racich_eastern-white-pine.jpg)
Eastern White Pine
![Painting of the Milky Way reflected over water](art/moira-racich_at-the-beach.jpg)
At the Beach
![Painting of a tall ship at night with a falling star](art/moira-racich_sailors-luck.jpg)
Sailor's Luck
![Painting of two meteors falling next to a tree at night](art/moira-racich_double-feature.jpg)
Double Feature
![Painting of the night sky looking up through trees](art/moira-racich_straight-up.jpg)
Straight Up
![Painting of tree silhouetted by the Milky Way](art/moira-racich-impermanence.jpg)
Impermanence
![Painting of a sailboat sailing at night](art/moira-racich_under-the-stars.jpg)
Under the Stars
![Painting of a tree at night in front of water and the Milky Way](art/moira-racich_stardust.jpg)
Stardust
![Painting of a tree-covered hill in front of the Milky Way](art/moira-racich_slope.jpg)
Slope
![Painting of telephone poles at night](art/moira-racich_night-run-at-the-bight.jpg)
Night Run at the Bight
![Painting of a meteor falling behind a tree](art/moira-racich_the-delight-of-imperfection.jpg)
The Delight of Imperfection
![Painting of a fox silhouetted by the Milky Way](art/moira-racich_ridgeline.jpg)
Ridgeline
![Painting of a crow in a tree at night](art/moira-racich-corvid.jpg)
Corvid
![Painting of a sailboat under a full moon](art/moira-racich_sweet-dreams.jpg)
Sweet Dreams
![Painting of a bird in the night sky over water](art/moira-racich_updraft.jpg)
Updraft
![Painting of a tree with a splitting trunk](art/moira-racich_two-heads-are-better-than-one.jpg)
Two Heads Are Better Than One
![Painting of the moon between two trees](art/moira-racich-lean-in.jpg)
Lean In
![Painting of two cranes flying at night over water](art/moira-racich_in-between.jpg)
In-Between
![Painting of a hawk flying at night](art/moira-racich-searching.jpg)
Searching
![Painting of a tree at night](art/moira-racich_a-tapestry-of-galaxies.jpg)
A Tapestry of Galaxies
![Painting of a leafless tree at night](art/moira-racich_until-next-year.jpg)
Until Next Year
![Painting of a dead cedar in the foreground and a meteor falling over water](art/moira-racich_remembering.jpg)
Remembering
![Painting of two trees at night, bending in the wind](art/moira-racich_23-knots.jpg)
23 Knots
![Painting of a shooting star](art/moira-racich-downfall.jpg)
Downfall
![Painting of a sailboat on the horizon at night](art/moira-racich_wanderers.jpg)
Wanderers
![Painting of a full moon](art/moira-racich_tycho.jpg)
Tycho
![Painting of a birch tree at night in winter](art/moira-racich_birch.jpg)
Birch
![Painting of lightning bolts](art/moira-racich-strike-team.jpg)
Strike Team
![Painting of a falling star over a hill](art/moira-racich_the-long-fall.jpg)
The Long Fall
![Painting of an old pine in front of the Milky Wa](art/moira-racich_the-second-half.jpg)
The Second Half
![Painting of the public beach in Northport, MI at night](art/moira-racich_northport-beach.jpg)
Northport Beach
![Painting of the Milky Way over a dune](art/moira-racich-dune.jpg)
Dune
![Painting of the Milky Way reflected over water](art/moira-racich_contemplation.jpg)
Contemplation
![Painting of the Milky Way between two trees](art/moira-racich_the-middle.jpg)
The Middle
![Painting of a shooting star over trees](art/moira-racich-shooting-the-gap.jpg)
Shooting the Gap
![Painting of the constellation Cassiopeia between tree branches](art/moira-racich-cassiopeia.jpg)
Cassiopeia
![Painting of two trees at night](art/moira-racich_reaching-out.jpg)
Reaching Out
![Painting of the Milky Way over a tree covered dune](art/moira-racich_peterson-park.jpg)
Peterson Park
![Painting of a meteor in the night sky over trees](art/moira-racich-streak.jpg)
Streak
![Painting of Northern Lights reflected over water](art/moira-racich_northern-lights.jpg)
Northern Lights
![Painting of a hawk flying at night](art/moira-racich-huntress.jpg)
Huntress
![Painting of winter trees silhouetted by the Milky Way](art/moira-racich_over-the-hill.jpg)
Over the Hill
![Painting of a leafless tree and three meteors at twilight](art/moira-racich-freefall.jpg)
Freefall
![Painting of the Milky Way galaxy with a hill in the foreground](art/moira-racich-distant.jpg)
Distant
![Painting of a tree-covered hill at night with a meteor and the Milky Way](art/moira-racich_hilltop.jpg)
Hilltop