Bruce Braithwaite (b. 1950) from Manchester, England, attended college in the United States, graduating with a degree in design. . He began exhibiting his oil paintings in 1983, documenting the landscapes of Cumberland Island and southwest Georgia.  After 1986 he established a studio in downtown Atlanta and developed an interest in urban landscapes. His urban scenes were first displayed in the exhibition “Atlanta: A City Portrait” in the 1980s, and later highlighted during the 1996 Olymp (showing 500 of 1005 characters).