A light system for mounting adjacent to a wall is provided which includes an opaque panel disposed adjacent to and offset from the wall. The panel has a wall side and a lower side (facing the room in which the light system is mounted). The panel has a perimeter edge. Lights are mounted within the perimeter edge on the wall side of the panel, between the wall and the panel, such that the lights are generally not visible, but light emanating from the lights is visible to form a halo on the wall around the panel, generally conforming to the perimeter edge of the panel. An upper releasable mounting bracket and a lower releasable mounting bracket are provided where the upper releasable mounting bracket is disposed on the wall and the lower releasable mounting bracket disposed on the wall side of the panel.