
No. 29, pen and ink, 15 x 6 inches, 1995. The back is inscribed with the couplet from Shakespeare's Sonnet 29: "For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings / That then I scorn to change my state with kings."

Eve's Curl, pen and ink, 3 x 3 inches, 1994. Private collection.

Untitled, pen and ink, 16 x 24 inches, 1996. Not bad, considering I had yet to study botanical illustration and architecture.

Triptych: The House, Water Breath, The Boat; pen and ink, 3 x 3 inches each, 3.5 x 13.5 inches overall, 1996

Commitment, silverpoint on gessoed paper, 8 x 10 inches, 1998. The story behind this: When my date stopped by my place she saw that flat files, a drawing table and a table saw filled my living room. At dinner, she said that any man without a couch in his apartment must have commitment issues. I never saw her again after that. A few months later, I met the woman I've been married to for over 27 years, who didn't mind the absence of a couch....