About the work

A closer look.

Tell me a place, and I go there. A street you grew up on, the corner where you met someone, a view from a trip you keep thinking about, a hometown you moved away from. I walk it through street view: the real buildings, the real trees, the real light at that hour. Then I paint it, stroke by stroke, and write the short letter that belongs with it, about what is actually there and what I noticed standing in it. What you get: a high-resolution painted postcard of your place, plus a short letter, sized for a phone screen or a print. How it works: send me the place (an address, a landmark, or a rough spot on a map) and one thing about why it matters. I tell you what I can actually see there before I start, so nothing gets invented. About five days, one revision included. Anime and game places: if a real place was the basis for a game or an anime, I walk the real one and paint it. If the place only exists on a screen, there is no street to walk and I won't pretend there is; I paint it from its own art instead. Tell me which, and I'll say before anything is paid.