40″ in x 60″ in
Acrylic & Oil on canvas

This work engages with the city as a site of accumulation – of images, gestures, and lived moments. The figure, rendered with bubble gum and an almost childlike humor, disrupts the seriousness often associated with urban density and contemporary life. Playfulness here becomes a strategy of resistance, a way to remain human within an overwhelming environment.

The surface is built through layers of abstract marks, grids, and fragmented sketches that echo the visual noise of Manhattan. These elements function like traces of movement and memory, referencing the constant flux of bodies, signs, and information that define metropolitan experience. Small drawings appear and disappear across the composition, inviting slow looking while suggesting the simultaneity of countless narratives unfolding within the city.