Two Miles From Home

This acrylic is largely a turquoise color with small tall, skinny trees on the bottom right and a tilted mailbox, more towards the left, stuck in the earth.

More than five-sixths of this painting is turquoise, which varies little. The variations are a slightly greener, slightly lighter hue, and mostly at the bottom, at the horizon, looking like a cloud. The horizon is a reddish-brown, with gray making up the distant ground. the ground closer almost looks like the wake of a boat or as though it had been tilled by a wide plow in only one place. Most likely, it is crude road. A yellow-y mailbox sits to the left of the road, with its little, red flag barely peeking up over the other side of it. The mailbox leans toward the road. Trees grow on the other side; they are skinny and bare and do not quite reach halfway up the painting. Because of the color and the ground, it looks as if the whole thing were underwater, but the trees and mailbox say otherwise.

Concordia College Art Collection

To inquire about permissions or for use, contact Chris Mortenson at cmortens@cord.edu or the Art Office

Lorentzsen 126 Office of Global Learning

32inches x 36 1/2 inches