Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida – Winslow Homer, 1904
Framed Canvas Reproduction
Step into the vibrant heat and stillness of the Florida Gulf Coast with Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida, one of Winslow Homer’s most vivid and atmospheric late watercolors. Painted in 1904 during his winter sojourns to Homosassa, this luminous work captures a young Black man standing at the edge of a sunlit dock, wrapped in solitude and surrounded by the wild subtropical beauty of inland Florida.
Homer’s use of watercolor here is loose and expressive—sun-bleached wood, shimmering reflections, and the warm red of the figure’s shirt all rendered with confident spontaneity. The scene is contemplative, filled with space, silence, and the tension between man and untamed nature. The vibrant red shirt becomes a focal point of color and identity, anchoring the composition with emotional and symbolic weight.
This museum-quality framed canvas reproduction preserves the clarity, movement, and regional specificity of the original. Ideal for collectors of Southern landscapes, American Realism, or art that honors everyday moments with quiet reverence, Red Shirt, Homosassa, Florida offers a window into one of Homer’s most intimate and richly observed environments.