Cityscapes
The cityscape drawings. A selection of recent and older ink drawings of the cities I admire.
dated 2017 until 2025
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Town by the River IJssel in Holland
2025An imaginary city in the east of the Netherlands.
Stradun, Dubrovnik
2025The central street Stradun in the old town of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Venice, San Zanipolo, Santa Maria Formosa en San Marco
2025Panoramic view of Venice with many famous landmarks.
Mountain Town in Winter
2025Mountain town in bright winter sunlight.
A Square in Winter Sunlight
2025Winter sunlight in a city.
Town on the River Meuse in Belgium
2025Town in the valley of the Meuse in Belgium.
St Petersburg, The Great Neva Panorama
2025A panoramic drawing looking east over the river Neva in St Petersburg.
Florence
2025Panoramic view of Florence with most of the famous landmarks.
Winter Sunlight in a City
2025The low sunlight of a winter afternoon.
Rynek Glowny
2025The market square of Krakow by night.
Monastery by a Lake
2025A monastery by a lake in Russia.
Ghent
2024This miniature drawing shows a highly detailed view of the medieval skyline of Ghent in Belgium. From left to right you can see St. Bavo's cathedral (which houses the famous Ghent altarpiece), the belfry and St. Nicholas' church. The slender tower between St. Nicholas's and the three steeples of St. Jacob's church on the right is of the old post office. Ghent must be one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is a true architectural gem.
Village in Svaneti
2024A mountain village in the north west of Georgia.
Winter Sunlight
2024Park in winter sunlight.
Full Moon, Mount Kazbek
2024Village in Georgia at Night.
Plyos on the Volga
2024Plyos and the river Volga.
Oltrarno, Piazza Santo Spirito
2024A view of the Oltrarno neighbourhood in Florence.
Florence, Piazza Santissima Annunziata and the Duomo
2024View of Florence from the north east with many famous landmarks.
London
2024My largest drawing to date, a panoramic view of London.
Amsterdam, Montelbaanstoren
2024The Montelbaans tower by a canal in Amsterdam.
Town in Catalonia
2024This imaginary town in Catalonia is strongly based on the city of Girona. Both the river and cathedral are from Girona but I changed the urban layout considerably.
Night by a River
2024Town by a river on a summer night.
Bridges over a River
2024Bridges over a river in an imaginary city.
Mezzogiorno, Napoli
2024Midday sun in Naples.
Night in Belgium
2024Empty street leading into a town somewhere in Belgium at night.
Valencia
2024The bridge over the Rio Turia and Torres Serranos in Valencia.
Saorge and the Valley of the Roya
2024The village of Saorge in the Roya Valley, Maritime Alps.
Bergue Supérieure
2023The mountain town of Bergue Supérieure in the south east of France.
Vienna
2023Vienna seen from the Belvedere Palace.
The Avenue
2023Imaginary cityscape with a busy avenue.
Venice of the Mountains
2023Entirely out of imagination I created a city, guarding over some major mountain pass, that could have existed. This imaginary city, because of its historic appeal a veritable Venice of the Mountains, can be found anywhere between the Valais in Switzerland and the Ligurian Alps in Italy.
Place Poelaert, Brussels
2023Sunny afternoon in Brussels
Morning in Atrani
2023The village of Atrani on the Amalfi coast in morning sun.
London Rooftops
2023View over London's rooftops by low evening light.
City in Alsace
2023Fascinated by the mix of French and German influences that are so characteristic of Strasbourg and Colmar, I gave my own interpretation to this theme with this imaginary city in Alsace.
Piazzetta in Sunshine
2023Miniature of the Piazzetta in Venice with the Doge's Palace on the left, the columns of San Marco and San Teodoro in the center and the Biblioteca Marciana on the right.
Town on the Volga
2023Imaginary town on the Volga in Russia. This drawing is based on the work of the painter Isaak Levitan, who painted extensively in Plyos on the Volga, and on photographs from a 19th century travelogue, Stoddard's Lectures.
Up in the Clouds
2023Village in the Maritime Alps partly obscured by a veil of fog and clouds.
City in Central Europe
2023This drawing shows an imaginary city is Central Europe. Buildings from Dresden, Prague, Vienna and Budapest can be clearly recognised. I worked on this drawing intermittently for over two years.
Town in Istria
2023Imaginary town strongly based on Rovigno in Istria, Croatia.
Ponte Santa Trinita
2023The Ponte Santa Trinita over the river Arno in Florence bathing in the light of the setting sun.
The Highest Village
2022This village is imaginary but strongly based on St.-Véran in the Queyras mountains of South Eastern France.
Torre Garisenda and Torre Asinelli
2022Torre Garisenda and Torre Asinelli in Bologna
Manhattan Dusk
2022A busy Manhattan avenue and rooftops at dusk.
Venice Panorama
2022You're looking more or less north to south with Cannaregio to the left, Campo San Geremia in the middle and Santa Croce across the Canal Grande to the right. I worked on this drawing for over half a year.
The Haunted Village
2022An example of one of the many deserted villages which can be found in the Maritime Alpes in France and Italy.
Paris from Montmartre
2022Paris seen from the north with the hilly streets of Montmartre in the foreground.
Rovigno at Night
2022The Istrian sea side town of Rovigno seen from the north at night.
Park on Sunday
2022This drawing is loosly based on Washington Square in New York and shows a crowd enjoying a sunny afternoon in a park.
City in Flanders, Twilight
2022Imaginary city in Flanders seen at twilight. This city is strongly based on Ghent and Bruges.
Florence, Piazza Santissima Annunziata and the Duomo
2022A tiny drawing but a great celebration of the beauty of Firenze.
Market
2022A busy market in a sunny town by the mountains.
Venice Rooftops
2022An imaginary part of Venice.
Procida
2022The island of Procida with fishing village on the bay of Naples.
Genoa
2021In this drawing I used a fish-eye perspective to visualise the web of narrow alleyways in Genoa's medieval heart.
London seen from Primrose Hill
2021London seen from the north with Regent's Park in the foreground.
Town in the French Alps
2021A fortified town very similar to Briancon in the French Alps.
Sunrise in a City
2021Imaginary, New York inspired urban scene just after sunrise.
Piazza del Popolo, Rain
2021Piazza del Popolo in Rome in the rain.
St. Mark's Square at Night
2021I think the famous square is endlessly more captivating at night than during the day. This drawing celebrates both the beauty and solumn atmosphere of this grand architectural ensemble seen in an unusual way.
Berne and the Alps
2021The river Aare valley, the bridges and the old town of Berne with the famous trio of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau rising high up in the background.
Piazza della Signoria
2020Piazza della Signoria in Florence seen in bright sunshine. Above part of the Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi and Loggia dei Lanzi can be seen.
NYC Avenue, Morning
2020One of the great avenues on Manhattan seen in morning sunshine.
Winter Shadows
2020An imaginary urban scene (strongly based on New York though) seen in the bright light of mid winter with long shadows of skyscrapers cast over a park and the ajoining neighbourhoods.
Central Park in Winter
2020Looking north along the west side of Central Park in afternoon winter sunshine.
Town in Maine
2020An imaginary town in Maine based on coastal towns such as Rockland, Camden and Bar Harbor.
Town by the Pyerenees
2020An imaginary town in the Roussillon region of Southern France with Mont Canigou in the background.
Rue de Rennes, Paris
2020The church of Saint Germain-des-Prés, Rue de Rennes and Tour Montparnasse on the leftbank of the river Seine.
Sacra di San Michele
2020The Sacra is a wonderful monastery built high on a high overlooking the Val di Susa close to Turin.
Il Campo
2020The Piazza del Campo forms the heart of medieval Siena in Tuscany.
City in Flanders, Winter
2020Imaginary Flemish city with snow based on Ghent, Antwerp and Malines.
Metropolis
2020The ultimate metropolis, an amalgamation of New York, London and Paris.
East River
2020Manhattan seen from Brooklyn.
Milan at Night
2020View over Milan at night seen through a fish eye lens perspective.
Metropolis at Night
2019Imaginary city at night.
Rue Soufflot Paris
2019The Rue Soufflot leading down to the Jardin de Luxembourg seen from the Panthéon.
Town in Holland at Night
2019Imaginary Dutch town at night with rising moon.
Hoboken, The Hudson and Manhattan at Night
2019Nighttime view over Hoboken, New Jersey with brightly illuminated Manhattan in the background.
City in Belgium
2019Imaginary city in Belgium based on Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Louvain and Brussels.
Milan at Night
2019View over Milan at night with the Galleria, the Duomo and Torre Velasca clearly visible.
Spaccanapoli
2019View over the ancient heart of Naples, better known as Spaccanapoli (split Naples).
Winternight in Groningen
2019Groningen in Holland on a snowy evening seen from the west. The foreground is pure fiction but the rest is fairly accurate.
Venice Panorama
2019Venice in morning sun seen from Giudecca. The Alps are visible on the horizon.
NYC Rush Hour
2018One of the great avenues on Manhattan during rush hour.
Village by the Amalfi Coast
2018Imaginairy hill village high above the rocky Amalfi coast.
Village in Vermont
2018A village in the heart of Vermont with the Green Mountains in the background.
City by the Mediterranean at Night
2018Imaginary city based on Genoa, Naples and Triest at Night.
Winter in Groningen
2018View over the market in Groningen seen in the low sunlight of a wintry afternoon.
Budapest at Night
2018Panorama at night of the Caste District, the Danube and the gracious bridges linking old Buda with 19th century Pest on the opposite side of the river.
Dutch Riverside Town
2017Imaginary town in Holland by one of the great rivers under a typically Dutch winter sky.
Groningen
2017Commissioned drawing of Groningen seen from the north. One of my favourite drawings of 2017.