Martin Johnson Heade — Seascape with Waves & Sailboats Postcard

Waves break in white foam around dark rocks in the foreground while a schooner and a scatter of distant sails hold the horizon. Above it all, a vast golden sky with piled cumulus clouds carries the atmospheric hush of the American Luminist painters — the sea reads as both intimate and immense.

• A6 (10×15 cm)
• 350 g/m² fine-art card stock

Its horizontal calm reads well as a note for someone who lives by the water or is currently somewhere near one.