In the 'Big City' paintings, I had two aspects in mind: Size and verticality. Looking at them now, however, I feel some desolation creeping through as well.

Big city, blue
Oil on canvas, 90 cm x 90 cm
2010

Urban living
Acrylic on canvas, 90 cm x 90 cm
2010

Big city, green
Acrylic on canvas, 90 cm x 90 cm
2010

I've done some 'left and right' paintings of cities before, see below, and these are a continuation of the theme. They aren't divided in halves in the obvious way that the earlier ones are; instead, the distance of viewing will separate two functions.

In concrete jungle, from afar, your right brain recognises, through its grasp of forms, tree trunks but as you come near, the left recognises details of a city. In the red painting, motifs of a city- windows, modes of transport etc- dot the painting but not in the way they would normally be arranged. From afar, all you see, again, is the forms.

Does our right brain really 'hand over' viewing pictures to the left when we walk towards a painting? Does it happen while viewing, say a Van Gogh, as you take it in first when you enter a museum space, and then peer at each and every stroke later? May be interesting to find out.

Urban Landscape, red.
Oil on canvas, 120 cm x 90 cm
2010

Concrete jungle
Acrylic on canvas, 90 cm x 90 cm
2010