John Tweddle’s 1966 painting “American Landscape” is in the permanent collection of the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX.
In this painting, Tweddle transforms nature into a chaotic urban grid. By bisecting his canvas with a procession of crudely drawn cars, he provides a visual analogue for the manner in which industry has taken over the natural world. Through his frenzied composition, Tweddle offers a parody of U.S. society and its beliefs in the ideals of progress and industrialization.
Blanton Museum of Art
