Charles Courtney Curran — Red Parasol in the Park · Art Postcard

A woman in a wide dark hat holds up a red parasol, its glow warming the page as she reads aloud from a small yellow book to a friend beside her. Banana leaves arch overhead, and beyond the bench rise pale stone columns and a draped statue half-lost in shadow — Charles Courtney Curran turning a quiet corner of the garden into something almost theatrical. The red canvas is the loudest color in the whole scene, and it carries the card.