Moonlight Belongs to Dreamers: Love Letters to Eureka, #3 Full Moon at the Carnegie Library, Matted 11x14 Flat Print

#3 - Full Moon at the Carnegie Library

A Love Letter to Quiet Knowledge
Tucked into the hillside on Spring Street, the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library sits like a secret waiting to be remembered. Built with a grant from Andrew Carnegie in the early 1900s, this limestone temple to learning rises improbably—anchored above ancient springs, atop crystal, rooted in a town that should not make sense, and yet absolutely does.

I captured this image on a walk home from my gallery one fall evening. It was a rare moment—no cars, no people. Just the moon, the building, and me. The structure seemed to breathe. I had passed it a hundred times, but on this night, it revealed itself.

This library is more than a place for books. It’s a vessel of stillness. A dream held open. A convergence point where logic meets lore. Where community meets cosmos.

The full moon above exaggerates this quiet reverence—illuminating what we often overlook: that this place is enchanted. That knowledge, when placed with intention, becomes sacred.

Not all temples have steeples.

Some have card catalogs.

Moonlight Belongs to Dreamers: Love Letters to Eureka

This piece began as a real photo—taken during a moonlit walk through Eureka Springs. I refine the image in Photoshop, then collaborate with a drawing tool to translate its emotion into an oil painting style. The result is a visual poem—rooted in place, rich with feeling. Every print is finished by hand and paired with its story.
This is art as invocation—an invitation to remember the magic that is all around us.