As I started painting only after I left the United States, where I lived for seven years, most of these paintings have been from sketches done whilst in the US on holiday since I left (2000)., supported by photographs. I was fortunate enough to live in San Francisco for four years and Chicago for three, and to get to visit a large number of the states across the country.  Being considerably further south - and drier - than where I live now, the appearance of both landscape and cityscape was very different from how it is in the UK:  brighter, more vibrant colour and darker shadows giving more distinct shapes!

I have had a lot of wonderful trips back there, including to the National Parks in the mid- West, since moving here, and these have inspired a number of paintings.... I now know why David Hockney took masses of paintings to capture the Grand Canyon!  Remains one of my favourite ever places!  I miss Big Sky Country more than anything.

There is one "Elsewhere" painting - from Mumbai, last one below - view from my hotel window some years ago!

To look at any one, click once on it and you will be able to enlarge it and see the details for it.