Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn (2023) transforms an iconic New York cityscape through RoamCouch’s distinctive stencil-based visual language.

The Manhattan Bridge rises between the buildings of Brooklyn, rendered with intricate architectural detail and a largely muted palette. Across the upper part of the composition, vivid bands of colour descend through the urban landscape, introducing an unexpected sense of light and movement into the scene.

The contrast between the monumental structure of the bridge and the almost dreamlike intervention of colour reflects RoamCouch’s recurring interest in reimagining familiar cities through memory, imagination and poetic imagery.

Executed in mixed media on canvas, this unique work is hand-signed by the artist.