This is a book that explores the history and people of Route 66 through paintings that I began on its Main Streets and finished in my studio. It’s a 100 page hardcover that includes art, photos, and stories about the Route.

I’m a classically trained realist painter and have spent the last several years standing on streets along the Route, painting what I saw, and recording the stories of the people who visited with me while I was working. 

Route 66 is America’s 2,400-mile Main Street. Since its inception as one of the country’s first all-weather highways in 1926, it has become one of the most famous roads in the United States. In its hundred-year history, songs have been dedicated to it. Hundreds of thousands of people have traveled it by car and on foot. Movies, television shows, and books have been inspired by it.  The Route runs diagonally from Chicago to Los Angeles, covering 2,400 miles, eight states and three time zones.

Route 66 celebrates its Centennial in 2026.