Year: 2015

Description: In The Fifth Avenue, triptych, the artist captures a fleeting moment in the heart of New York’s underground - the subway platform of the iconic Fifth Avenue station. Rendered in oil on canvas, this three-part composition presents a diverse array of passengers, each lost in their own world, however momentarily united by the shared rhythm of city life. The familiar green signage and structural beams evoke the gritty charm of the New York subway, grounding the scene in a place that is as much emotional as geographic. This work speaks to the quiet intimacy of public transit, where strangers coexist in silence, forming a transient community shaped by the pulse of the Big Apple. The station, more than a transit point, becomes a symbol of the city - iconic, vibrant, and deeply human.