It is the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer officially began at 6:34 p.m. EDT, and what better way to celebrate than by showing a series of paintings that capture one of summers official past times, swimming. The paintings below are from a series of swimming figures painted by Colombian illustrator and painter Pedro Covo. Covo was born in Cartagena de Indias – Colombia, graduated from Visual Arts in the Javeriana University of Bogota in 2011. The figurative paintings capture the figures as they are obscured by the splashes and movement of the water rendered in frenetic splatters of paint, bold strokes, and sinuous line that seems to melt into the deep blues, greens and gray’s of the water itself. There is a dream like quality to each of them that really appeals to me, an almost abstract quality that allows you to get lost in each painting. I’d love to see these in person, since your computer screen leaves out so many details.

Covo most recently exhibited at Río Laboratorio, and has has been shown internationally  since 2013. We are in the midst of an early summer heatwave here inn the midwest and these make me want to take the day off and head to the pool.