Soundings Reach

Acrylic on vintage nautical chart, wood panel.

48x36"

36x48 | Acrylic on Vintage Nautical Chart on Wooden Board | 2026 Soundings Reach is an abstract acrylic painting on a vintage nautical chart that explores the connection between memory, space, and time. The chart, once a tool to measure and navigate the physical world, becomes a vessel for reflection on how our connection to place grows and evolves over time. This work meditates on the longing we feel when separated from spaces that are meaningful to us — a nostalgia for remembered environments that remain tied to our sense of self. Like a call across distance, these spaces resonate with us even when absent, evoking both presence and loss. Layers of paint and abstraction suggest the flow of recollection, the way memory stretches across time, and how the act of remembering can summon fragments of place back into our awareness. Soundings Reach invites viewers to consider the ways physical and emotional spaces intertwine, how memory can anchor us, and how longing itself can be a form of connection. It is a meditation on the persistence of place, the traces we carry, and the quiet ways the world we inhabit continues to shape us long after we have left it.