Settled, soft, inviting, and alluring, this scenic beachscape offers up another Lovely voyeuristic creation of a “fair woman by the sea.” Every itemized beachscape box is checked – wide brimmed straw hat with bow, the famous pink parasol, pink “Good and Lovely bows,” white maxi dress, Nantucket basket, and sea oats in full bloom. With the elements the artist keeps in each piece of a vastly populated collection, Lovely still manages to make the same recipe new with altered perspectives like perching the model on a disappearing curve of the sand and and shifting from placid waters to temperamental ocean hues ranging from calm cool to near emerald greens on the painting’s left edge. Together the subject and accessories create an anchored triangle, a primary principle of composition upon which Lovely heavily relies in her portraiture.
Dimensions: 42H x 50W | Medium: Oil on Linen