The Bay

The Bay is exactly what it sounds like: calm water, soft air, and just enough land to frame the scene. It doesn’t try to exaggerate. It doesn’t need to. For anyone who’s spent time in Door County, this is a familiar view: not a postcard moment, but the kind that stays with you.

Dawn Richardson painted this from a series of sketches and quiet shoreline observations. The surface is textured and hazy, just like real water under soft light. You can almost hear the sound of it, lapping against the edge, just out of frame.

It’s the kind of piece that doesn’t demand attention, but rewards it. A pause. A breath. A reminder that beauty doesn’t have to be loud.