Road Augsburg to Munich, Germany 1975

In 1975 Ivan Albright made this drawing of the road from Augsburg to Munich, probably using pencils and crayons. I love the scribbled, chaotic energy! It’s like he’s trying to capture not just the way the landscape looks, but how it feels to be moving through it. Imagine Albright, sitting on the side of the road, rapidly sketching, trying to keep up with the impressions flooding his senses. The sky is looming with dark, spiraling clouds, and beneath, the fields are just a jumble of lines and colors. The road itself dissolves into the chaos. Albright was known for his meticulous realism in his paintings, but here, he lets loose. It reminds me that painting is like a conversation between artists across time, an ongoing exchange of ideas. It’s not about perfection; it’s about capturing a moment, an emotion, a feeling. Albright’s drawing is alive with the energy of a fleeting moment, a reminder that art is about embracing ambiguity and uncertainty.