These paintings simply wouldn't look the same if they were made anywhere else. Nicole Charles is the painter, and she features in this latest episode of The Places We Make Art. As she reveals in the video, directed by JD Leblanc, she's only ever painted from her Toronto apartment. But there's more to that decision than mere convenience.

Known for a signature style — appealing watery abstractions like a mermaid's Rorschach test — she paints by pouring colourful, diluted pigments onto acrylic sheets, which she layers and layers until just the right sculptural depth is achieved. "It's an old house and the floors are uneven," she explains in the video. "The water and ink that I use settle and pool differently so that actually has a direct impact on the work." Press play to see this unusual method in action, and find her on Instagram to see more selections of her work.