"Onward Ever, Backward Never" is the mantra of Michael Patrick Thieme [pronounced Tee-Me], a quote from his grandmother Marie Thieme's 2004 book of the same title. There are lines that divide and lines that define. Some are in graphite, others in paint and still others in the invisible gestures of love and shared laughter. For Michael Patrick Thieme and Larry Thielen Jr. [pronounced Tee Len], life has always been a study in linework—fluid, fearless and occasionally serendipitous.