Perspective: the idea that objects appear smaller the further away you are from them. Standing at the foot of an enormous building, you should feel underwhelmed by how small and insignificant it looks at the very top, right?

Except you don’t. Big buildings feel HUGE, and the tops feel even bigger as they tower over you.

One of Allan Stephens' master stokes is painting his buildings bigger at the top than they are at the bottom. His cityscapes FEEL huge, putting you slap bang in the middle of it all. And it’s brilliant.