"I have been looking at lines forever. Before I could write I would repeatedly scribble marks on a paper and ask my parents if those lines meant anything. The power of lines to communicate seemed magical. I sarted to play violin when I was nine, and loved the strings, the scroll, the tiny twin lines which trace around the edge of the instrument. I drew all of these things over and over. To play the violin, one DRAWS the bow across the strings. When I was about ten I attended a concert by the violinist, Yehudi Menuhuin, and I traveled with the melodic lines he drew, visiting places of the deepest despair to the heights of ecstacy...the emotional power of line.
In college I experienced the same effect from feasting my eyes on works by many different visual artists. Later, I became more interested in the less emotionally charged lines of Japanese raked-sand gardens, and work by artists Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely.
Currently, I am enjoying working in mediums like clay, paint, and linocuts, exploring latticed line structures. The power of lines to convey meaning still holds my fascination."