Tree of Life at Midnight

About this work

Tree of Life at Midnight shows a wide, spreading tree whose thousands of fine golden branches seem to glow against a deep midnight-navy sky. Tiny gold stars are scattered through the darkness around it, so the whole picture feels like a tree lit up at night, delicate up close and luminous from across the room.

The idea of one great tree that holds the world together is very old. In Norse mythology it is Yggdrasil, an immense ash whose branches were said to stretch out over the heavens and whose roots reached into different worlds. Picturing such a tree against the night sky, crowned with stars, follows that ancient image of a tree that links the earth with everything above it.

As landscape wall art it suits the space above a bed, sofa or sideboard, and it sits beautifully on navy, charcoal, warm grey or crisp white walls. The download contains a 7680 × 4320 px print file and a separate 4K TV pack for Samsung Frame or any 4K art-mode TV, where the dark ground looks especially rich in the evening. Pair it with the portrait Tree of Life Under the Stars.