Ricardo Romero Cortez Duque

Where Light Meets the Tide / acrylic + canvas / 36×48

This painting tells the story of a quiet, timeless moment at the water’s edge — the kind that feels familiar even if you’ve never seen it before. The cool blues and gentle grays of the sky melt into the still surface of the sea, blurring the line between atmosphere and water until they feel like one continuous space. Light sits softly across the horizon, as though the day has just breathed out and paused to return your gaze.

The calm waters suggest movement without urgency — waves folding into themselves like memory rather than force. Farther back, hints of distant land appear just above the horizon, grounding the otherwise ethereal scene. There are no figures present, yet the painting feels deeply human, as if it captures a feeling rather than a place: the peace found between breaths, the quiet reverie of waiting and watching.

Where Light Meets the Tide is a story about stillness as presence. It invites you into that borderland where sea and sky meet, allowing you to linger in a moment that feels both ancient and immediate — a moment when time stretches, and nothing needs to be explained.