By Owen William Fritts

The Grass Ballet sculptures were inspired by the movement of wind through fields of grasses, motion appearing as waves through water. The blades tapered and flowed into the sky, pulling ones gaze upward, while the heavy boulder bases offered smooth seating and a place for reflection under a protective canopy.

A deeper narrative and teaching opportunity in Grass Ballet sculptures was the literal representation of community in its organic based structure. Grass grows in tufts, groupings of individual blades. The blades in a tuft bear upon each other in the face of wind and weather, gaining strength through numbers. The tallest support the weaker, the outer shields the inner, the older falls away as the new springs upward, the collective whole is stronger than the individual.