Set in the county of Arlington, VA, "Ghosts Under Glass, Impressions of Arlington Over Time", explores a place shaped by movement, reinvention, and layered memory. Beginning with photography and transformed through AI and digital painting techniques, the images move beyond documentation to capture the emotional atmosphere of contemporary Arlington — a landscape of glass towers, transit corridors, neon remnants, rain-soaked streets, and fleeting moments of human connection.
 

Unlike older towns where history remains visibly present, Arlington often conceals its earlier identities beneath redevelopment and constant motion. Mid-century diners, motels, roadside architecture, and traces of the 1950s appear alongside modern high-rises and Metro stations, allowing multiple eras to coexist within the same visual space.

Influenced by the cinematic solitude of Edward Hopper and the metaphysical stillness of Giorgio de Chirico, the work reflects on isolation, repetition, urban transformation, and the quiet rituals of daily life. Crowds gather, commuters move, windows glow, airplanes descend, and people share space without always sharing connection.
 

Rather than portraying Arlington literally, the project explores how the city feels to inhabit over time — modern yet haunted by earlier landscapes, busy yet emotionally restrained, constantly changing yet marked by traces of what came before.