Detail shot of Utah Sunset (2026), Acrylic on canvas, Bob Dylan. 91.5 x 152.5 cm
‘A lot of people don't like the road, but it's as natural to me as breathing. I do it because I’m driven to do it […] it’s the only place you can be who you want to be.’
- Bob Dylan
The Land Remembered brings this distance and depth of scenery into sharper focus, as Dylan steps back to portray wide, open vistas that exemplify the tension between the visible and the unknown. The road gives the horizon a human measure. Utah Sunset (2026) casts a solitary motorcyclist against distant cliffs, continuing a particular American embrace of the open road.
‘I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature.’
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, 1836
