In 2024, I was commissioned by Harlem Biospace to create a decorative painting for their new innovative office/lab rental space in the historical Mink Building. They wanted the painting to capture Science and West Harlem. I propose to create a painting that intertwines an aerial map of West Harlem and a microscopic view of a plant stem. They loved the idea, so I went to their space to see where they wanted the 5' x 12' painting and what colors were in the space.

​

The commissioned piece ended up being a triptych - art work that is divided into three sections. The painting on the left is the map of West Harlem. It captures 116th Street up to136th Street and 12th Ave over to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. Land mark buildings that they requested to be shown are the Harlem Biospace - Mink Building and Sweets Laboratories Building, Columbia University's Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Data Science Institute, and Low Memorial Library, and CUNY Advanced Science Research Center​. Another hidden easter egg is in the middle painting you can see metallic silver letters spelling out the word Harlem.