Wolfgang Schwartz As the special projects manager for Burlington’s Select Design, Wolfgang Schwartz says he manages a variety of tasks tailored to clients, such as customizing displays and signage for retail installation and events. The agency shares an address, 208 Flynn Avenue, with the Flynndog Gallery, where Schwartz has mounted his own display: an exhibition of ink or gel drawings and limited-edition screen-prints. The title of this collection, “Divided as One,” refers in part to the trenchant political and cultural discord of our time. Indeed, Schwartz says this work reflects “the emotional roller coaster” of recent years. And yet, he adds, “We’re divided but connected.” The Montana native, who moved to Vermont seven years ago, is also inspired by his love for the outdoors. None of this is necessarily obvious in Schwartz’s work, though some of the 20 pieces echo patterns found in nature, such as a swale in a landscape or the meandering curves of a river. What all his works have in common are lines — meticulously drawn, one after another. They fulfill an idea in the artist’s head, or even a dream state, he suggests. “I love the therapy of the line work,” Schwartz says. “When I do it, I focus on one line, but I’m also reacting to the line before it.” The result is rhythmic, largely nonpictorial drawings — most in black ink on white paper — whose interpretation is up to the viewer. The meditative effect is only enhanced by the occasional wobble. “I’m not looking for perfection,” Schwartz declares. After all, straight lines in nature are rare. His delicate drawings are materially distant from the stone masonry that Schwartz says he used to do in Montana, but the patience and diligence required are much the same. In turn, the drawings invite gallerygoers to slow down and absorb them, and perhaps contemplate how we are all one.