Drawings are traditionally thought of as only having two dimensions: the length and width of the paper. The artist connects two points on this surface, using a straight or curved line. The combination of lines, in turn, moves the viewer’s eye and creates the illusion of space, movement, and existence. In my new series, the space already exists, my lines move through three dimensions.

Through a process of transformation of materials, I am able to take straight pieces of wood and steam and bend them into curves. Stock piling these arched and bowed lines, I create a vocabulary of curves with which I begin the construction of my sculptures and my conversation with the viewer.

In many of the pieces in this series, I create pedestals from found objects, holding up a celebration of simple movement in praise of gesture. Some of them hang on their own from walls, suspending their movement at or above eye-level, but each has a found object or a reference to a solid form which I believe grounds the piece. I then paint the sculpture vibrant colors.

How do you walk around a line? You sculpt it and you can view it from all angles. I am not just inviting the viewer to walk around segments, but to have a dance, where the foreshortening of lines can create different lines for multiple connections.