On the Beach - Two are Company, Three are None

after Winslow Homer

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a woman standing on a beach, looking towards the sea. She has long hair tucked under a hat and wears a voluminous dress with ruffles and long sleeves, cinched at the waist with a sash. She holds a dark parasol in her right hand. In the background, there is the ocean with gentle waves breaking at the shore. Two figures sit in a small boat on the sand, and seagulls fly above. Grasses frame the scene in the foreground.