Paris Canal Locks

*All of my Travel Sketches may be re-painted by commission.  If you see one you like that is sold or you'd prefer in different colors, contact me!*

The Canal Saint-Martin in Paris is a wonderful place for a voyeur with a sketchbook: the boats passing through, locks opening and closing, lifting and lowering bridges, the road swivels. People congregate on its plazas on a sunny day, where the canal goes underground. Turn the drawing upside down for people watching.

I made the ink drawing while living in Paris for three weeks just after graduating from architecture school at Virginia Tech, invited by my professor to participate in an international design charrette. I used watercolor to interpret and enliven the drawing during pandemic quarantine, Spring 2020.

Watercolor Paper 140gsm

11” x 14”

Frame not included

I'm excited to bring nearly 100 of my architectural Travel Sketches, created in mostly Italy, but also Switzerland, France, Spain, Greece, Hungary and Czech Republic from 1998 - 2012, into a Collection: lines drawn on site now illuminated by watercolor. Together, they reveal my personal evolution in architectural travel sketching and offer a piece of travel art that can remind you of your own memories in place, invite you into these spaces with your own experiential vision.

Thanks for helping to DO GOOD and GIVE BACK: 25% of the sale of each piece will be donated to Lifting Hands International* (LHI), a 501(c)(3) public charity that specializes in international and domestic relief and aid for refugees of war-torn countries of origin.

I'll also donate 5% of the sale of this piece to the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech for student assistance/scholarship for travel study abroad.