Abandoned Wood School Old US Route 12, Morristown, SD-2008 Mixed Media on canvas. 24H x 24W Dusk Outside Panhandle, Texas-2009 Mixed Media on canvas. 18H x 18W Private Collection Truck at Railroad Crossing Old US Route 30, Central City, NE-2008 Mixed Media on Canvas. 36H x 36W The West is measured by vast distances - from high plains to granite mountain ranges to the dramatic Pacific. It's a series of landscapes of extreme contrasts. The Interstate highways are very predictable - the roads, exits, and interchange businesses have a sameness that makes most long drives intolerable. Driving old secondary two-lane routes, one passes through towns and rural countryside on what were once the main regional highways and main streets, where there are wonderful discoveries of culture, history, architecture, and real life that are missing from most of our twenty-first century journeys. ALL IMAGES AND WRITTEN COPY © 2009 ERIC ENGSTROM - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED