A desire line. The first time I heard this phrase was during an interview I did with Ross Penhall back in March. It’s a landscape architecture term that describes an unintended pathway created by humans and animals. Ross Penhall is a painter who works with oils and paints large canvases inspired by the west coast landscapes of British Columbia and California. His economical landscapes are punctuated with voluminous shapes of trees, clouds, and buildings. Ross refers to the