Sunday Afternoon, 2026, colored pencil and pastel on pastelmat, 17 x 14 in. / 43.18 x 35.56 cm. painting Chess On the Beach is

Chess On the Beach is one of a 3-part series

Both were cut into identical diagonal strips and reassembled by trading every other diagonal

Awkward Kiss

The Cajal Correspondence

Sunday Afternoon, 2026, colored pencil and pastel on pastelmat, 17 x 14 in. / 43.18 x 35.56 cm. painting Chess On the Beach isSunday Afternoon, Joy DeNicola, 2026, colored pencil and pastel on pastelmat, 17 x 14 in. 43. 18 x 35. 56 cm. The artwork features a pensive woman rendered in colored pencil. Her gaze is concealed behind sunglasses. She sits outdoors on a wicker chair bathed in sunshine and soft shadows. The background is rendered in soft pastels suggesting subdued summer foliage.