Fixed Points

2022-2025

11 X 15 watercolor pen and ink

The Fixed Points series is an exploration of the environments where I have found stillness, from the familiar shores of Nova Scotia to the distant sands of Santa Cruz. Each piece begins as a blind contour drawing; a practice where my eye never leaves the landscape and my pen never leaves the paper. This single, continuous line serves as a metaphor for the interconnectedness of the environment, where the land, sea, and sky are not separate entities but parts of one consistent, flowing story.

45.766, 60.206

07.09.22

12 X 16 watercolor on coldpress

`an abstract landscape of a beach with sepia, blue, yellow, green, and greyish brown.`
Belfry Beach in Nova Scotia

45.647, 60.863

10.20.23

12 X 16 watercolor on coldpress

`an abstract landscape with dark green, light green, red, and blue.`
Battery Park in Nova Scotia

36.964, 122.008

10.25.24

8 X 10 watercolor on coldpress

`an abstract landscape with dark green, teal, sand, and blues.`
Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz

44.406, 60.263

11.02.24

8 X 10 watercolor on coldpress

`an abstract landscape with blue, yellow, green, and purple.`
Bachmanns Beach in Nova Scotia

Every work in this series is titled with its exact geographical coordinates, grounding these abstract forms in a specific physical reality. By translating these blind contour studies into colorful, blocky watercolors, I am able to fine-tune my technical skills while capturing the “emotional weight of place”. The resulting images, characterized by vibrant hues like teal, sepia, and indigo, transform a technical exercise into a vibrant archive of personal refuge.

ring day

12.28.24

12 X 16 watercolor on coldpress

*in private collection

`an abstract landscape of a beach with sepia, blue, yellow, green, and greyish brown.`
Rushtons Park in Nova Scotia.

44.231, 64.422

10.22.24

12 X 16 watercolor on coldpress

`an abstract landscape with dark green, light green, red, and blue.`
Rissers Beach Park in Nova Scotia

44.407, 64.263

01.02.25

8 X 10 watercolor on coldpress

`an abstract landscape with dark green, teal, sand, and blues.`
Bachmanns Beach in Nova Scotia

This series documents my travels and the areas I frequent to find quietude, bridging the distance between the East and West coasts. Whether it is the rocky edges of Battery Park or the sun-washed stretches of Seabright State Beach, these works highlight how we carry our experiences of nature with us. Fixed Points is more than a collection of landscapes; it is a visual map of the places that have anchored me, rendered through the rhythmic, unbroken movement of a single line.