Boxed Notre Dame, 2021

Collected

Oil on canvas
40 × 30 × 1.5 in (101.6 × 76.2 × 3.8 cm)

It was a sunny October morning in Paris, I woke up to the
letters staring back from the portfolio calling my name Haris.

I had the pleasure of spending the beautiful day in the
company of an eloquent American gentleman who unlocked
the secrets of stunning Le Marais.

We spent a few hours pitching at galleries and concluded with
relishing the finest French onion soup, On the left side of the
brain it felt like a coup.

Later I made my way to hear the bells of that particular
building that makes the heart swell, thinking maybe one day
this is where I shall dwell.

Reaching the Pont au Change, the dark twilight sky looked
bitter. However, it served as a contrasting backdrop for the
lights of the Conciergerie that made the Seine glitter. A sense
of excitement entered my body with a playful jitter.

I had just witnessed God and man’s judgment head-to-head. I
knew it was not yet time to go to bed.

Suddenly, in the distant, that famous tower started to gleam. I
turned around and saw an enormous version of the previously
painted Tiffany necklace beam.

This was the realization of my Boxed Notre Dame Parisian
Dream!!