The station could be the link between two worlds or states of spirit.

This image is a fiction. Is not that much about of the pandemic world of the future but more about day to day life reality that could come in the next century. Gare de l’Ouest is still the most vibrant place of a cold foggy night in a what’s looking alike to be Gotham city. Not even a beautiful neo-gothic iron forged facade could stand bright enough among abandoned buildings. Change is everywhere, even statues get a new look. There’s still hope, one light lits all around.

A brick and mortar building can elicit a sense of nostalgia and longing. But why are we so fascinated with the buildings of the past? Perhaps it’s the mix of familiarity and strangeness that draws us in – we see a street we know so well, but with a time-traveling intruder atop it.
In celebration of some of America’s most beautiful and interesting lost buildings, we’ve reconstructed seven in their original location. Discover how these structures from the past painted the skyline compared to how these locations look today.

The challenge was to illustrate a secret garden. I thought that besides the location, the garden has to keep some real secrets. In many traditional cultures there is the symbol of the tree, center of everything (universe, world, axis mundi etc) so I made it ‘tree of life’ literally. The Light, souls, unborn child’s, maybe knowledge if we force the sense. The surrounding environment it’s meant to emphasise the center piece.