Julia Coash’s mixed media paintings combine recycled maps, nautical charts, and water media, juxtaposing wet against dry as a means of exploring the tensions between material and soluble forms in our world. These works are influenced by water phenomena and dangers to them, from rising sea levels to overloaded atmospheric rivers. Strong gestural marks energize the surfaces, suggesting aquatic movement, while circular shapes allude to both the micro and macroscopic such as: atoms, bubbles or planetary phenomena. Interwoven marks both emerge and are submerged, suggesting both meander maps and the ebb and flow of water levels. Themes of interconnection are explored through the play between positive and negative shapes and visual rotation. This dynamic expresses the delicate balance between land and water on our fragile planet.