Before the Guards
Painted at the edge of the hottest day of the year, Before The Guards captures that humid stillness where even the light feels weighty. The lifeguard chair, quietly tipped on its side, becomes part of the landscape—soft, slow, and suspended in haze.
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Measurements
30" X 40"
Location of Inspiration
Oakland Beach, Rye, NY
Price
$3,600
“That morning felt like the air had nowhere left to go. Everything was heavy and golden, and the chair—usually upright and watchful—was just resting. I wanted to paint that pause.”
This piece is rooted in a real morning—early, unmoving, and saturated with summer heat. The colors are dense but not loud: thick strokes of peach, gold, and taupe that shimmer gently against the sky. At its center lies a downed lifeguard chair, not as focal point, but as participant in the moment’s quiet refusal to begin. The painting blurs the boundary between abstraction and memory, where forms soften and mood takes over. It invites the viewer to remember mornings like this: humid, slow, and oddly comforting in their emptiness.
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