“Boats at Sunset in Ascona” is a watercolor with ink interventions that captures the quiet moment of evening return to port on Lake Maggiore. The lake appears calm, its barely rippled surface illuminated by the pink and golden reflections of a sunset sky, where light spreads soft and enveloping, more suggested than declared. Against this warm and diffused backdrop, a pier stretches toward the horizon like an invitation to continue one’s gaze, while on its sides several colorful boats are moored waiting: the hulls, marked by sharp shadows and strong contrasts, convey the solidity of forms against the lightness of the waters.<\/p>\n
At the top of the pier, a row of small flags moved by the wind introduces an element of movement and restrained festivity, like a distant echo of the life of the caf\u00e9s and promenades along Ascona’s lakefront. In the background, the dark mountains close the scene with a compact mass, accentuating the contrast with the luminous sky and focusing attention on the play of reflections on the water and the silhouettes of the boats. The combination of watercolor and ink on semi-rough paper allows the artist to blend soft gradations and incisive marks: the warm tones of sunset meet the defined lines of the harbor, creating an intimate and collected atmosphere, where one perceives the calm of the blue hour, when day closes and the lake prepares for night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boats at Sunset in Ascona, Gordana Majic, watercolor and ink on semi-rough paper, 30 x 21 cm with mat, 2026, created in Minusio, Switzerland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":689,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_brand":[88],"product_cat":[56,55],"product_tag":[57,60,66,67,59,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-687","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-g-art-and-paint","7":"product_cat-colorful","8":"product_cat-landscapes","9":"product_tag-30x40","10":"product_tag-colorful","11":"product_tag-dream","12":"product_tag-fantasy","13":"product_tag-imaginary","14":"product_tag-tree","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"sold-individually","19":"shipping-taxable","20":"purchasable","21":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myswiss.store\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myswiss.store\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myswiss.store\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myswiss.store\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myswiss.store\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myswiss.store\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myswiss.store\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myswiss.store\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}