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This piece is another in the infrastructure series of images that are the macro objects of our everyday urban lives. This image of an entrance to a bike tunnel passing, for example, beneath a busy city street. The geometry of man-made things has become a compelling design instruction in this series. The strict angular behavior of most human-made things is interesting in its own right.

Henry Manning is a visual artist who interprets the world around him in abstract terms. He creates attention demanding graphic images; abstract landscapes and seascapes, as well as mindscapes with little or no reference to the external world. For many years Henry lived on the beautiful Oregon Coast, where the ocean and natural surroundings have been the inspiration for much of his work. Recently Henry relocated to the Sierra foothills in Northern California, where the change in visual environment has brought a new vigor to his art. Henry's recognizable style is characterized by its simplicity of line, an iconic reference to real world objects, a subtle reworking of viewpoint and perspective, and a calculated focus on the relationship...