Original watercolor and gouache painting on cold-pressed paper
18 x 24
 
The busy pace of life around the bookshop has been expanded upon. The height and angle of the yellow buildings on either side of the bookshop are displayed in their height and entirety up to the sky.

The cars and passers by are blurred in their constant movement. The tourists and shoppers are painted with limited detail. One passerby glances over, engaging with the viewer (you) momentarily, wondering what you are looking at. What is catching your eye.

Everybody is moving, except a small boy standing outside the bookshop; the bookshop that has stopped in time. The boy enjoys the moment reading a book.