Use of oil paint and surprising painting technique. Spatula strokes and refined brushstrokes. Plays of light and shadow. Representation of space through the masterful use of perspective. Careful study of the metropolises represented on canvas, captured from dusk to night. We are talking about Martin Koester. His extraordinary works have a truly astonishing communicative capacity. The urban territories of Koester are surrounded by a dark luminosity. Melancholic metropolises. Cars queuing and anonymous citizens reflected in puddles. Skylines caressing the tumultuous sky. Skyscrapers choking the street. Koester is a modern Flâneur who describes, through painting, the romanticism of cities. Martin Koester's work masterfully captures the frenzy of New York with a perspective that converges towards orange to create depth. The queues of cars underline the frenetic pace of the city, while the electric celestial part welcomes passers-by and buildings, making the scene dynamic. The play of light and shadow adds further drama, bringing the image to life. New York the city awakens VI is made with colors that almost contrast. The apparent chromatic contrast is a metaphor for the contradictions experienced in a large metropolis