Metropolis Mirage
Metropolis Mirage is a visual paradoxāan urban skyline mirrored across glassy stillness, but nothing in this landscape is calm. The reflection isnāt peaceful. Itās an illusion. A hallucination made of concrete, noise, and consumerism.
This isnāt just a city. Itās a metaphor for the bullshit we all chase: prestige, perception, status. The ādreamā is actually a trap. The one that convinces us weāre not enough unless weāre hustling harder, owning more, and performing success for people who arenāt even watching.
But itās all a mirage.
A flickering veil draped over emptiness.
Because the more we chase the Joneses, the further we drift from ourselves.
This piece is a warning shot wrapped in beautyāoil and brushwork used to say what words usually canāt.
Details
Technique:
Painted with deliberate restraint and textural layering, Metropolis Mirage was built with palette knives, soft-edge blending, and optical motion to create a city that feels almost too clean to be real. That was the point. The reflection isnāt just visualāitās philosophical. A distorted echo of values we didnāt ask for but somehow inherited.
Dimensions:
48″ x 36″ Oil on Canvas
Date:
2022
