Jean Dubuffet in Speedway

I was walking through a Speedway neighborhood 

a couple years ago when I noticed 

a driveway that had been repaired with slurry seal 

in a manner resembling the artwork 

of French Artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985).

Since then, it's as though the long-dead painter

has taken up summer residency here

to paint the streets and driveways with easy,

drippy strokes to form interesting

compositions on the grayed asphalt.

 Jean Dubuffet. l'Hourloupe. 1966. Ink on Paper

Dubuffet in Speedway

I pass by this drive nearly every time I go for a walk. 

One morning I happened to notice the painted lines sealing 

the cracks in the pavement. They reminded me

of  some paintings I'd seen. "Dubuffet," 

I thought, then walked on, irritated because 

my camera's batteries had died.

I went back at a later date then, when I looked up

Jean Dubuffet on-line was surprised to find 

that the artist was, indeed, the one whose paintings

these marks in the drive resembled. Whew!