Where Light Comes Ashore

About this piece

A broad beach opens toward the sea, where a long pier with blue shade canopies stretches beneath a cloud-filled sky. Sunlight casts a bright path across the water and long shadows over sand marked by curving tracks. A lime-green lifeguard tower anchors the foreground, balancing the distant high-rises and the expansive horizon.

The story

On this October day, gold gathers on the water beneath an open blue sky. A few people linger at the shoreline, small against the pier and its repeating supports. Tracks sweep around the bright lifeguard tower, tracing passages through the sand. Beyond the dune grasses, buildings line the distant shore, while small waves keep their own quiet rhythm.