Between Gold And Blue

About this piece

A pelican crosses a brilliant orange sky above open water, while a distant cargo ship marks the horizon at right. The nearly central sun scatters gold across dark blue waves, balancing the textured sea against the luminous expanse of clouds and sky.

The story

July light fills the sky with amber, catching the edges of the pelican’s outstretched wings. Below, each wave gathers a thin seam of gold before turning back into blue. The cargo ship rests against the horizon as a small, dark arrangement of rectangles. Between the bird and the vessel, the open water gives distance a visible scale.