Constellations Over a Highland Moor

Oil painting on canvas of a highland night landscape. Foreground features purple heather, a weathered stone wall, and windswept grasses on rolling moorland. Midground shows distant, mist-shrouded hills and a tranquil loch that reflects the star-filled sky. The night sky dominates the composition: a deep indigo expanse with bright stars outlining recognizable constellations (Orion, Ursa Major, Cassiopeia) and a subtle Milky Way, with faint lines tracing the constellations. Thick impasto brushwork and glazing create luminous stars and a tactile, painterly sky. Palette rich in midnight blues, ultramarine, purples, and silvery whites, contrasted with warm ochre/umber tones on the land. Starlight casts a cool glow on rocks, water, and heather; atmosphere of quiet awe, solitude, and timelessness. In the style of Romantic landscape painting with expressive brushstrokes and a dreamy, cinematic mood.