Sinuosity
Perhaps the curl of the ocean waves where I live in Gloucester, MA has evoked my fascination with curvilinear forms. The waves wash up the shore in a lobate, curved geometry. Often the remnants of one wave will still be visible when the next arrives, creating a complex pattern of curved shapes. There are curved shapes of the beach as well, and the curve of the sand deposited around rocks on the sand. And there are so many types of curves: bends, loops, ellipses, helixes, circles, scallops, and more!
Curves come first in my visual life. I see them in everything, natural or man-made. Nature works in the curves and spirals of growth and change. We feel that in every aspect of life's turning and flowing. No straight lines, no perfect forms or symmetry, but the loops, bends, spirals of our lives and paths. I feel Nature's curving bursting energy everywhere and that compels my visual expression.
