Duncan Sherwood-Forbes is a Los Angeles-based multimedia artist and designer specializing in linear metal sculpture and continuous line drawing. Duncan uses sinuous curving line to animate his abstract portraits and figurative work, pulling inspiration from modern and contemporary art as well as graffiti, craft, outsider art, and daily life. His work has been featured in galleries in across the United States, and his work is displayed in private businesses and collections across the globe.
An atypical learner and autodidact, Duncan's obsession with art began in his early childhood in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Regularly attending programs at the nearby DeCordova museum, Duncan built his artistic skills throughout childhood and early teenage years. He first began creating wire sculpture at 15 after being given a copy of Calder’s Circus by an instructor at the Putney School for the Arts in Vermont. Duncan fell in love with the ability to of wire to draw in space, and his career as a wire sculptor was born. While metal remains his main medium, this linear style of working has directed his design work as well, allowing him to create flowing dynamic prints that draw the viewer's eye around the work.
In his fine art practice Duncan uses a wide range of media as the situation calls for it, delving into spaces of trauma, recovery, and identity. Recently he has furthered his work through the introduction of poetry and ceramics. He continues his study of art theory and contemporary practices, and is always at work refining and redefining his studio methods.