The River 2 (River of Gold)

This luminous riverside tableau dissolves architecture into a mosaic of faceted planes, where warm ochres and saffron tones make the city feel less built than remembered—an accumulation of shelters, thresholds, and stories. A vertical stair-like axis anchors the composition, yet the eye keeps slipping into the water’s mirrored field, where boats become quiet punctuation marks in a shimmering, unstable reflection. Light is treated as a unifying substance rather than an external source, washing over forms until boundaries soften and the scene hovers between map and reverie. The work suggests a place held together by ritual and passage—crossings between land and water, private interiors and public flow—rendered with a tenderness that turns bustling habitation into contemplative haze.