Ricardo Romero Cortez Duque

The Light Stayed 36×36 / acrylic + canvas

The story unfolds in a moment when the storm has decided not to return. The sea lies wide and reflective, its surface softened by layers of gray and blue, carrying the quiet memory of movement without the urgency of waves. Light spreads across the water in pale, broken reflections, lingering longer than expected, as if it has nowhere else it needs to be.

Above the horizon, the sky opens gently, brushed with warm tones that suggest a sun still present but no longer insistent. The boundary between water and air blurs, creating a space where time seems to slow and sound feels distant. Nothing here is waiting; everything is simply resting.

The Light Stayed tells a story about endurance through calm. It is about the moments after turbulence, when clarity doesn’t arrive as an answer but as a soft permission to remain—unrushed, attentive, and quietly whole.