I love painting roads - maybe because I like travelling but I think it might be a compositional thing as a road is a handy tool to lead your eye into a painting. When painting on location, if there's no road in the foreground, I'll often suggest a path if the composition is a little lacking. A good example is a 24"' x 36" oil I did a few years ago,
Soft Rain Falling. This is one of the few paintings I've kept. It hangs in my living in New Zealand to remind me of some happy painting trips in the hills of San Diego County.
Soft Rain Falling
24" x 36" oil on gessoed board
The next oil is a small 7" x 7" destined for a California gallery. It is painted on gessoed board. I round the edges with sandpaper and float it in a black frame with about half an inch all the way around the painting.
Back Road
7" x 7" oil on gessoed board