Created by VC Torneden and Melinda Green Harvey, The American Highway Revisited is an offshoot of their Route 66 based project, The Other Side. Due to the scale and subject matter of The Other Side project, both photographers find frequent burnout is a reoccurring issue. The best solution to date for both has been to find new ways of looking at the subject matter. Torneden, a printmaker as well as photographer, frequently works with her photos to create various styles of monotypes. Upon the suggestion of Green Harvey, the two of them began creating acrylic monotypes from the photos included in their project both to help cure burnout and as a means to shift the emphasis in the photos and revisit them from a different perspective.

In celebration of Route 66’s centennial in 2026, the artists are offering exhibits of the resulting monotype prints to galleries which have previously shown The Other Side. It is the hope of the artists that audiences familiar with the original project will be intrigued to see it in a completely different medium and style thus gaining a deeper knowledge of how artists can approach a subject many different ways. The exhibit also provides audiences an opportunity to see photos that may never be used in the other side project. After four years of documenting and tens of thousands of photos, both artists have many photos that for various reasons will never make the final cut of The Other Side project. However, some of those photos have proven to be uniquely suited to printmaking and have found their way into the Revisited project, proving that one project’s rejections may well become another project’s boon. With this in mind, the current interest in gel plate printing, and because gel plate monotypes work well for artists working in a large variety of mediums, the artists are happy to provide a workshop or class on gel plate work at the gallery during the run of the exhibit.

Opening reception, Friday, May 1, 2026 - 6:00-9:00pm at 3024 Paseo.