Float, original oil painting by Jessica Fairley

She floats, and below her, the pool has its own quiet life. Float captures a rare, suspended moment from above — a woman floating in the most luminous turquoise water, her body casting a soft shadow.

Painted in oil, this aerial composition is meditative and alive at once. The glassy, clear water is rendered in layers of aquamarine and teal, the kind of So Cal pool blue that seems to glow from within. There is complete calm here, and also a quiet thrill —  the stillness of the figure in a dreamlike space. A painting about surrender, wonder, and the particular peace of floating in a pool in the summertime.

• Original oil painting
• Subject: Woman floating in turquoise water with stingray, aerial view
• Original artwork by Jessica Fairley