Levi Yu

A close look of the paintings reveal famous landmarks such as The Manila Cathedral, The Quezon City Memorial, The Manila City Hall, A Chinese temple, The Luneta marker, and many more.

His cityscapes are usually colored in warm reds and blacks.  The contrasts of red to black, or yellow and gold against black give the paintings a three-dimensional effect.

And the city seems to pop out of the canvas. It is as if the painting has an electric light source of its own. Even suggesting the noise, chaos, and scent of a city that never sleeps.

Like a scene from the original Blade Runner movie.  The artist’s painting style is what makes the picture, a little bit futuristic,

We have lived all our lives in Metro Manila, and yet we have never seen it in this version.

The next time we find ourselves looking out from a 20th floor window.  Or caught in the middle of a Metro Manila traffic jam. Let’s see if we can look at the city through the eyes of this artist.  Color it Dragonball Z, Gundam and Transformer yellow, gold, red, black, then as a final touch,  draw white lines on it.