Blue oil painting on Astroturf of cars with red tail lights driving on a road flanked by streetlamps and telephone poles

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Jane Dickson

2003
Oil on Astroturf
22 x 36 inches
Gift of the artist

An oil painting primarily in shades of blue on Astroturf. The painting depicts a one-point perspective landscape of cars driving into the distance along a two-lane road. There are two cars on the road, both with red tail lights that contrast against the otherwise blue composition. Tall streetlamps line the road on either side, glowing overhead with light yellow lights. On the far right is a shorter row of telephone poles. The cars drive towards the horizon below the sky which fades from dark to light blue as it meets the horizon. The foreground is dark blue fading to light blue with hints of yellow as it meets the horizon, creating the illusion of distance through atmospheric perspective.