Artist - Melissa Scott Miller

Growing up among the tall red brick mansion blocks of Kensington, Melissa Scott-Miller was an enthusiast for London's streetscapes from an early age.

She has made the urban landscape her specialty, choosing metre-square canvases to record the rich detail of the city.

Where many painters would edit a view, eliminating the unsightly, Melissa details meticulously the frenzied jumble of church spires, office blocks, roof gardens, fire escapes, cranes and treetops that make up London's skyline.

Always working from life, and braving the elements to do so, she painstakingly captured the giddy view shown here from the roof of Peter Jones. (Below)

Melissa Scott-Miller is also a proclai...