I have fallen in love with my current work, with the research and the sketching and the final image constructed stroke by single hair-thin stroke across the landscape of an antique map or a forgotten letter. I think about the process constantly, and wake up each day with my fingers itching to pick up that ballpoint pen. Fifty-three years after my first paying art job, I think it’s safe to assume I won’t ever get tired of drawing. (Also, I will have to live to be 103 to draw all the birds on my list.)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) in ballpoint on original 1899 Oregon map (commission)
Alabama Audubon Bird of the Year: Scissor-tailed flycatcher (commission) in ballpoint on original 1901 Alabama map