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Desert Moonrise

Soren Aalto · No. 296

Desert Moonrise

Desert Moonrise is the work that defines Soren Aalto's Gilded Strata. A night desert unfolds in smooth overlapping bands of deep navy and midnight blue, each ridge separated by a thin seam of shimmering gold leaf, while the angular silhouettes of saguaro cacti stand sentinel along the crests. Above, a pale gold moon lifts into a sky scattered with hundreds of tiny golden stars. Aalto's paper-cut layering gives the scene a calm, flattened depth, and the metallic gold against the cool blues lends a quiet opulence. Serene, decorative and beautifully balanced, it captures the stillness of the desert under a vast starlit sky — the perfect introduction to the celestial mood of the collection.

An original oil painting on canvas by Soren Aalto, painted to order — never a reproduction. Serene layered nightscapes — overlapping bands of deep blue and teal seamed with shimmering gold leaf, beneath a moon and a sky of scattered golden stars.

Available sizes

  • 50 × 60 cm
  • 60 × 80 cm
  • 80 × 100 cm
  • 100 × 130 cm
  • 120 × 160 cm

Or a custom size on request. Each canvas is painted to order.

Artist
Soren Aalto
Medium
Oil on canvas
Finish
Unframed, ready to hang or frame
Made
To order, by hand