Sketch of a Road Trip (Mike Glover, The Big Lonely 2009)

 Mike Glover. The Big Lonely (2009) Glover took a trip across the country (one of many), and self-published this book of sketches. They are notes for his paintings. He likes old buildings, old machines, boats, lonely rocks and trees. The cover image shows his taste. The drawings are accurate records of the subjects, seen from an angle that creates a pleasing composition. The objects look self-sufficient, as though they existed apart from the humans that made them, or the human that sees and records them. In his paintings, this self-sufficiency creates a kind of solitary, elegiac mood. Glover gave me this book in exchange for a few items for his model railroad. I’m glad to have it. ****