AN IMAGE OF THE GREAT SCREEN ACTOR ROBERT DE NIRO, AS AN ICON OF NEW YORK, INSPIRED THIS PAINTING. THE CINEMATIC MATRIX OF NYC IS UNDENIABLE WITHIN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A POETIC PERCEPTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TERRAIN. IMAGINING DE NIRO AS SOME COME KIND OF MYSTICAL, NOIR FIGURE, DERIVED FROM GRAPHIC NOVELS AND CINEMA, JUXTOPOSED WITH WHIRLING DERVISHES AND SHAMANS, GIVES THE IMAGE A MULTI LAYERED READING.

THE PAINTING WAS CONCEIVED AND REALISED IN NEW YORK CITY.