Moonlight Belongs to Dreamers: Love Letters to Eureka, Magical Brew , FRAMED & Matted 11x14 Cyanotype

"Magical Brew" Moonlight Belongs to Dreamers: Love Letters to Eureka

ORIGINAL Cyanotype on Fabric Embellished with an Acrylic Wash - Hand Signed on back of piece. 

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.

“Magical Brew” is my love letter to one of Eureka’s beating hearts - Brews, the coffee shop affectionately known as our town’s living room. If you’ve ever wandered in on a slow morning or a busy summer afternoon, you know the spell this place casts. Locals and tourists drift together without trying, conversations stack like stones, and the art on the walls shifts with the seasons, emerging creators hanging shoulder-to-shoulder with seasoned pros, price tags ranging from humble to holy-wow.

This cyanotype began as a quiet study of the building itself, but the story wanted more. I washed the moon in an acrylic shimmer so it spills its magic across the rooftop and pours down toward the front door, almost as if the night itself is blessing everyone who steps inside. It’s subtle. It’s a little wild. It felt true.

Brews has this rare gift, it holds space without pretense. It welcomes the shy, the loud, the wandering, the home-grown. This piece is my way of honoring that invitation. A love poem in blue and silver. A reminder that some places don’t just serve coffee… they serve community, courage, and the quiet comfort of being seen.

- Christopher Box