India, March 2 -- "Slim Sentinels, Stretching lacy arms, About a slumbrous moon; Black quivering, Silhouettes,Tremulous", is how the late Harlem renaissance poet, Helene Johnson, commenced her ode of 1925 titled, Trees at Night.

A century later, artist Pardeep Singh put on display his oil-on-canvas work, 'Moonlit', to convey his impressions of a tree whose leaves are flickering a silvery hue in the celestial beams of the night. "My paintings convey what a poet says through words. 'Moonlit' endeavours to capture the essence of moonlight, the mystery of the night and how it leaves an impression on my mind," Singh told this writer.

Moonlit is one of several tree artworks by Singh on display at the Government Museum & Art Gallery till March...