Line Busch’s abstract paintings play with perception, participation, and optical illusion as they change in appearance based on the viewer’s angle. Interested in visual metamorphosis and trickery, Busch uses gradient colors, parallel curves, and slashes to attain three-dimensionality on flat canvases. The painting requires interaction to fully experience it, as the various angles play into the deception of the painting’s kineticism as the symmetrically painted vertical lines appear to twist. By applying pure or iridescent oil or acrylic paint onto raw canvas, In transforming the flat canvas into a three-dimensional piece, Busch’s primarily abstract work challenges viewers’ perceptions of reality and illusion.