Love At The Beach
Love At The Beach by Italian Born American Artist Edward Runci (1921 – 1986); Painter, Illustration, Advertising and Pinup Artist.
This is a pin-up illustration depicting an attractive young blonde lady in a white bikini, relaxing on the beach sand with a blue beach umbrella with white trimming that is partially covering her legs, as it is leaning on its side. In her left hand she is holding a folded magazine that she is reading, with the article title Love Affair being displayed in the upper left hand corner of the page.
While In the sand in front of her, we can see that she has drawn a large heart, as she looks at the viewer with a slight inviting smile; and in the background we can observe a sand dune with vegetation overlooking the blue rolling sea and light blue sky that complements the blue color of the beach umbrella.
This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image.
Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org
Edward Runci born in Genoas Italy is most widely known for his work as a pin-up artist. He moved from Italy to the United States with his family in 1930; and spent much of his adulthood in Los Angeles creating artwork of sexy women in revealing poses, as well as elegant clothing for calendar and advertising companies.
He also painted ordinary portraits, Native American portraits, portraits of celebrities, landscape paintings and religious paintings.