Sarah Buckner Untitled (Inferno rosa), 2024

 Sarah Buckner’s work titled Untitled (Inferno rosa) features two female protagonists on a beach in a uniquely balanced composition executed in oil and charcoal on paper. The canvas appears to be almost cut in half by the protruding bow of the ship, while both the figures and landscape are drawing the viewer’s gaze to the right. In the foreground a female figure in a pink bathing suit glances down at the water. In the background a half-naked woman is visible with a towel wrapped around her waist. The composition suggests an abandoned beach without any other visitors. The work is a fully realized preparatory sketch for a larger painting on canvas.