City Life

 

Time of creation: September, 2001. Medium: Marker/Crayon. size in inches (Approx): 16x12

This piece was inspired after a visit to New York (Manhattan to be specific). The city is something which fascinates and scares me...The sheer number of people...the sensation of being alone within a crowd...the commerce, the saddened faces in subway stations all influenced this piece, which represents the lone figure within a spiraling city landscape. He cries a single tear while seemingly waiting for the smoke from his own cigarette to eat him up as he waits in line, briefcase in his hand.