Route 66

Route 66 so called The Mother Road, once glorious and now abandoned in most parts of this country inspired me to create many drawings and paintings in summer of 2009. I drove by Arizona and California Rt 66 exploring and visiting the abandoned places so vivid and popular only 60 years ago.
By investigating Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” and my own private experience I intended to “save” Route 66 from the oblivion through my art. I was also inspired by Steinbeck “The Grapes of Wrath” thus in my journey
I followed the Great American Depressions from 1930 till present times,