Moonlight 2:00AM depicts the artist’s home on his wooded 11½-acre property in Buford, Georgia, at 2:00 AM. After a sleepless night, Don walked the property and photographed the scene. Warm interior light spills from the house into the yard, contrasting with the deep blue and purple moonlight and dark tree silhouettes.
For many years Don wanted to begin working in oils, and felt this nighttime scene was the perfect subject for his first oil painting. The composition explores the strong contrast between complementary colors and the cool moonlight against warm artificial light — using textured brushwork to capture the quiet stillness of the early morning.
This piece joins the Homestead Series as a nocturnal counterpart to the daytime driveway and tree scenes, evoking the peaceful, timeless feeling of home even in the dead of night.