House of the Blue Moon This 12" X 12" acrylic painting on stretched canvas was inspired by a sketch that I did at the kitchen table on the back of an envelope from a credit card bill. I was intrigued by the idea of an undulating sky and the fact that the houses almost possess a kind of "human character", in a sort of surrealistic way. I kept thinking of the song, "House of the Rising Sun" but when I looked at the blue moon I had created in my sky, I decided on the this title instead.