▁increasing ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁landscape ▁and ▁context ▁of ▁his ▁subject ▁matter , ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁that ▁in ▁some ▁later ▁works ▁such ▁as ▁Cat sk ill ▁Cad il ac ▁the ▁subject ▁is ▁" not ▁so ▁much ▁s inking ▁into ▁the ▁landscape ▁as ▁being ▁hidden ▁by ▁it ". ▁ ▁Salt ▁continues ▁to ▁live ▁and ▁paint ▁in ▁Sh ro pshire . ▁ ▁Work ▁ ▁Salt ' s ▁pictures ▁generally ▁feature ▁w reck ed ▁cars ▁and ▁decre pit ▁mobile ▁homes ▁in ▁semi - r ural ▁locations ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁They ▁are ▁produced ▁from ▁photograph s ▁by ▁project ing ▁trans par encies ▁onto ▁canvas ▁and ▁using ▁an ▁air br ush ▁and ▁st enc ils ▁to ▁reproduce ▁the ▁colour ▁– ▁a ▁pain st aking ▁process ▁that ▁can ▁take ▁up ▁to ▁two ▁years ▁to ▁complete . ▁ ▁The ▁result ▁is ▁that ▁Salt ' s ▁pictures ▁have ▁an ▁extreme ▁level ▁of ▁detail ▁and ▁precision ▁that ▁l ends ▁them ▁a ▁height ened ▁sense ▁of ▁reality ▁and ▁elimin ates ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁possible ▁the ▁self - expression ▁of ▁the ▁artist . ▁ ▁Salt ' s ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁accused ▁of ▁vo ye ur ism ▁in ▁its ▁imp erson al ▁and ▁unf org iving ly ▁objective ▁port ray als ▁of ▁imp over ished ▁l ifest yles , ▁something ▁he ▁has ▁gone ▁some ▁way ▁to ▁acknow ledge : ▁ ▁John ▁Salt ' s ▁memory ▁lives ▁on ▁in ▁a ▁pub ▁named ▁in ▁his ▁honour , ▁John ▁Salt , ▁in ▁the ▁Is ling ton / Ang el ▁bor ough ▁of ▁London ▁ ▁References ▁