Grey days in New York
Grey days in New York portrays the city under soft, overcast light, where muted tones and reflective surfaces create a calm and atmospheric urban scene.
Martin Köster combines layered oils, subtle tonal transitions and expressive palette knife work to balance architectural structure with painterly abstraction, creating depth through light, texture and perspective.
The composition invites the viewer to pause before the city’s architecture — present across decades, quietly unchanged beneath the movement.
And If…
Can we tell you a story?
Some things only appear
when nothing is trying to stand out.
A street.
A crossing.
Buildings fading into a pale sky.
People moving.
Cars passing.
Everything feels exactly as expected.
Stay a little longer…
Martin Köster rewards your patience.
The outlines begin to soften.
The reflections quietly take their place.
What first looked like wet pavement becomes light.
What first seemed ordinary becomes something harder to name.
The street hasn’t changed.
You have.
This was never about the weather.
It was about the moment the light returns.
Not above the city…
Across it.
Until the reflections become the story.
And before you realize it,
you are no longer standing in front of the painting.
You are standing inside it.
✦ Crafted details inside ✦
Tell me more, Darling.
Crafted. Curated. Dared.
Materials, size, timing — the whispered side of bold design.
For the ones who want to know it all — before they fall in love.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 110 H x 150 W cm
Year 2023
One of a kind Artwork
Made in: Germany
Authenticity: Certificate is Included
Delivery included – Swiss VAT & customs duties prepaid.
