This watercolor and graphite composition presents a layered view of a coastal landscape, with a distant fortification or industrial structure positioned on a narrow spit across a calm body of water. The upper register features delicate pencil sketches of clouds and atmospheric effects, while the middle ground captures the architectural form in muted tones. The foreground erupts with gestural marks in deep reds, blacks, and greens that suggest weathered vegetation or rocky outcroppings, rendered with expressive ink strokes that contrast sharply with the restrained palette above. The work exemplifies Davis's early modernist approach, bridging American precisionism with expressionistic mark making during a period of formal experimentation in the 1910s.