Ricardo Romero Cortez Duque

Before the Weather Made Up Its Mind / 36×36” / acrylic + canvas

This painting captures a moment suspended between intentions. The sky is thick with layered color—cool grays, pale blues, and a faint warmth lingering near the top, as if a sunset has not quite decided whether to arrive or retreat. The clouds feel heavy, but not threatening, full of possibility rather than consequence.

Below, the land and water meet in softened edges. Greens and yellows blur into silvery blues, suggesting marsh, shore, or floodplain—terrain shaped as much by waiting as by movement. The horizon is low and quiet, offering no clear boundary, only a gentle pause.

Before the Weather Made Up Its Mind tells a story about uncertainty that isn’t anxious. It’s the stillness that comes before change, when nothing has happened yet, but everything could. The painting invites the viewer into that in-between space, where patience becomes a form of clarity and anticipation feels almost peaceful.