BBrenda Hackett
Oct 17, 2026
a dark night with trees with glowing eyes, little glowing eyeballs, in the grass, quarter moon
How we developed it
A surrealist oil painting depicting a haunting nocturnal forest where gnarled, obsidian-barked trees twist into impossible geometries. Scattered across the lush, velvet-textured grass are hundreds of bioluminescent human eyeballs, radiating a soft, rhythmic amber pulse. The scene is illuminated by a thin, razor-sharp silver quarter moon suspended in an ink-black sky. The composition is balanced and centered, focusing on the dreamlike interplay between the organic textures of the bark and the glassy, detached irises. The color palette is composed of deep indigo shadows contrasted against glowing ochre and stark, piercing whites.
