For the current theme of the cityscape, Kim Rempel has suggested that we look at the work of Canadian artist John Hartman (b. 1950-).

John Hartman has been painting aerial views of major cities such as London, New York, Toronto, Montreal and Glasgow since 2003. Rather than zooming in on just one section of a city, he likes to show an entire metropolis and its organic relationship to the surrounding land and bodies of water. He sometimes rents small planes and takes dozens of digital images from up high, but will also find high vantage points to sketch alternate, and less aerial, views. He then imaginatively combines the digital images and his many sketches to create fascinating portraits of complex cities that are pulsing with life.

In a review Hartman's work has been described as "huge, seething reckless action" painting, and I can't help but see similarities in his spontaneous style to the expressive cityscapes of Oskar Kokoschka.