Richard Hunt’s lithograph Mountain Shift (1985) demonstrates a turbulent shift in the mood of the nation. The mountain is the most prominent element in a landscape shifting both literally and figuratively. Hunt’s color choices allude to natural elements that ground the form within the land. The thick shades of green are reminiscent of lush forests that tend to grow at the base and along the sides of mountains. The quick angular strokes of blue down the side of the mountain could portray a stream coming down from the peak. However, the mountain is actively erupting. Red and yellow lines break through the mountain as though lava and fire breaking free from the rock. This abstracted physical eruption can also relate to an emotional eruption gesturing to the shifts in the United States’ socio-political landscape.