PART OF THE BIRTHDAY COLLECTION · A 2016–2026 RETROSPECTIVE
This original painting is part of The Birthday Collection, a 10-day retrospective bringing together 23 paintings created across a decade of my artistic practice.
I’ve always seen my paintings as fragments of me. Each one holds evidence of a particular season—what I was exploring, questioning, noticing, and becoming at the time.
For my birthday, I’m bringing these works together and offering them at special pricing. Their price is changing. Their value isn’t. I’m simply ready for these paintings to leave my studio, find loving places to belong, and create space for my next season.
Special Birthday pricing is available through August 29, 2026.
And because every painting deserves its birthday, each original collected during The Birthday Collection also includes three months of my new Snail Mail Experiment as my gift to you.
Studio Notes
Created in 2018, First Sunshine was the largest painting I had ever created at the time.
Ever since I moved to California, the view of the Palos Verdes lighthouse has fascinated me. I’ve painted several versions of it over the years, but my connection to lighthouses has always gone beyond the landscape itself.
To me, a lighthouse represents a point of reference, a reminder that even when we feel lost, we can always find our way back to our path.
In First Sunshine, I wanted the ocean to feel especially calm. The gentle flow of the water captures those early hours of the morning, when the day has barely begun and the ocean receives its first touch of sunlight.
Looking back at this painting now, I see the beginning of my willingness to take up more space, quite literally, while continuing to explore the ocean, light, and symbolism that would become such important parts of my work.
ARTWORK DETAILS
- Acrylic on wood panel
- 48 × 60 × 1.5 inches
- Ready to hang
- Signed front & back
- Certificate of authenticity included
- Ships from Hermosa Beach, California (or studio pick up)
- Drica Lobo’s paintings live in private collections across the United States, Asia, Europe, and Brazil.
