SOUTH BEACH

South Beach in Miami, Florida is one of Ringelstetter’s favorite places in the world because despite it’s overpopulation, the aesthetics of the location are incredibly futuristic, and he really feels that this is the place to be. One of the things that stuck out most on his last visit there was the lifeguard towers, and how they’re so much different than anywhere else. The perspective of this painting is like looking out from one of those towers onto a barren wasteland of the future. The oceans have dried up, and without the presence of an Ozone layer, you can see deeper into space than previously possible. 

Darienne Keniece