Chattanooga, a city in south eastern Tennessee, is set along the Tennessee River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Its trolleylike Incline Railway scales steep Lookout Mountain before reaching Ruby Falls waterfall and Rock City, featuring sweeping views, sandstone formations and gardens. Point Park, also atop Lookout. This painting's colour palette is influenced by the landscape in the Chattanooga state forest, as are the trees that are represented here.