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This site shows the paintings of James Heron, San Francisco painter and architect.  Mr. Heron's imaginary cityscape paintings have been exhibited widely in the Bay Area, as well as New York, and Washington D.C.  His work can be found in collections around the world.

cityscapes

Template   oil/acrylic on canvas  54 x 48

Template   oil/acrylic on canvas  54 x 48

 
With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream ... conceals a desire or, its reverse, a fear. Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.
— Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities