Homer – Right and Left | Ducks in Flight Oil Painting 1909

Two goldeneye ducks suspended mid-air against stormy grey sky, one banking left showing white breast, the other tilting right with dark plumage, ocean spray below

Winslow Homer’s final major oil painting captures the split-second before a hunter’s double shot strikes two common goldeneyes over turbulent Atlantic waters. The ducks freeze in opposing trajectories—one revealing pale underside, the other dark back—while the hidden shooter’s perspective places viewers as the gunman themselves.