El Dorado/oil on canvas/16 x 20 x 1.5 inches/Portland, Oregon.
 
Have you ever wandered a town, looking up at the dramatic buildings and feeling that openness to the sky?  It's that feeling of being a tourist, whether you are in your home town or traveling somewhere new.  The perspective that comes from viewing soaring heights.
This painting, of the El Dorado Casino in Reno, Nevada, attempts to capture that mood.