“You can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavour to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by millions of people. “

- Olivia Laing, “The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone”

A painting of the city at night. The figure has been painted over, redone, and painted over again to the point that the features fade into each other. Some other parts of the painting are just the base stain and nothing else. Light peeks through those parts.

It is a painting for anyone who feels less themselves, too aware of who they should be.