"Chilly Respite" Painting

This oil painting of a male youth on a sandy beach is done in a realistic style with touches of impressionism. Fresh from a bathing in the sea, he is chilled by the wind and warms up by holding himself tightly. There is a melancholiness to the pose and to his gaze as he looks off into the distance. The male form has always been a source of inspiration for the artist, particularly when shown in a natural setting. Invoking a long tradition of the male in nature in 18th and 19th century art, there are hints at a more modern time with his styled hair and exposed tan lines. The landscape is composed to both shelter him from the gaze of those around him while still exposing him to the world with the pale seas horizon line in the distance. All the world is washed out and he is the center focused, glowing in the bright sun. The painting is a good size, 18"w x24"h. (45.5cm x 61cm). It is painted in oil on stretched linen canvas, and can be shipped flat with the wooden stretchers or rolled up without. It is signed and dated by the artist "JWLJ 2020" in the lower right corner.