The Way Back is an ongoing series of illustrations exploring light, memory, and the emotional atmosphere of everyday spaces.

Created over the past two years while moving between New York, Paris, Rome, and other cities, the work emerged from a period of personal transition and a desire to reconnect with observation as a way of understanding the world.

Rather than documenting specific events, these images focus on fleeting states of being: waiting in a station, noticing evening light on a building, returning to a quiet room, or finding familiarity in unfamiliar places.

Through colour, atmosphere, and carefully observed details, I’m interested in the relationship between movement and stillness, distance and belonging, and the subtle ways light can shape memory.

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