At this point, I started painting in the foreground, namely the trees and the back of a highway road sign that you see at the bottom.

What I’ve always liked about Atlanta is that there’s a lot of tree space in the city. Heck, it’s even called the “City in a Forest”.

Atlanta sits at a higher elevation than virtually any major city in the Southeastern United States. For example, if you’re driving from Savannah, GA to Atlanta, you’re claiming a good 1,000+ feet of elevation. It’s like you’re climbing a mountain! That’s probably because it’s at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountain range.