Ricardo Romero Cortez Duque

The Shore That Listened / 36×36” / acrylic on canvas

The story begins where land and water meet in quiet negotiation. The sea moves in layered blues and muted grays, advancing and retreating without urgency, while the shore waits—patient, attentive, unafraid of what will be left behind. Bands of light skim the surface, like half-heard phrases carried in by the tide.

Above the horizon, the sky settles into pale, weathered tones, holding the weight of distant storms that never quite arrive. Nothing here demands resolution. The water speaks in repetition, the land answers in stillness, and between them a moment unfolds that belongs to neither alone.

The Shore That Listened is a story about attention rather than action. It reflects the quiet strength of remaining open—of allowing what comes and goes to be felt without needing to be named. The painting holds that exchange, gentle and enduring, where understanding arrives simply by staying.