Part of the Outcasts series, this painting combines classical oil technique with white acrylic layering and neon pink spray paint interventions.
A vast sunlit interior unfolds at a high elevation above the city. Three large windows open onto the skyline of New York — towers immersed in warm ochres, muted yellows and soft rose tones. The river glimmers in silver light beneath a pale blue sky. The atmosphere suggests late afternoon radiance.
Inside the room, a woman sits confidently in a relaxed yet self-possessed pose. Her face is flattened, almost anonymous, while her gesture — hand supporting her chin — conveys contemplation and control. She wears a monochrome blue dress and high heels. Her hair, executed in vivid neon pink spray paint, becomes the visual axis of the composition.
The neon pink extends into the interior: light reflections on the floor and window glow echo her hair, transforming illumination into a psychological field rather than a naturalistic effect.
The contrast between classical painterly architecture and graphic neon interventions generates tension — realism disrupted by assertion.
New York in My Head evokes the archetype of the self-made woman: poised, self-aware, surveying not only the city before her but the life she has constructed.
The title suggests that the city may be both external and internal — ambition as landscape, memory as architecture.
