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Painted steel
Dimensions: 116" x 40" x 42"
Purchased through a National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1975

The Artwork

This black painted steel work is a visual representation of its title, Ground Writing. Like ink from a pen, the steel creates a curving, three-dimensional line in from the ground and through the air. The marking seems to change depending upon the angle in which the viewer examines this sculpture. The artwork is not representative of any particular letter, rather its lines seem to exude character much like that of cursive writing.

The Artist

David Roberts earned his Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Kentucky University in 1970 and his Master Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1972. In 1973, he began teaching for the art department of Oklahoma State University and in 1977 became Assistant Professor where he remained until his retirement in 2007.