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Can you believe it? For awhile I was really into drawing rocks, and I'll tell you why: the surface of a rock, when you get right down into it, is just as fascinating and beautiful as the side of a magnificent mountain, etched over the milennia by the elements. I started drawing rocks as a meditation on the beauty of geology, and completed eight drawings over a period of about four years. For these drawings I used the pen-and-ink stipple technique; dot by dot. They took a LONG TIME to draw...

This rock I found while on a backpacking trip in the Truchas Peaks wilderness in New Mexico. I finished the drawing while living in Boulder during the late 80's.

This particular drawing I worked out over a series of months, usually between the hours of 5:30 and 7:00 a.m. before I went to my landscaping job in Concord, California. I had little time to devote to art, and so by drawing these rocks I felt in touch with the natural world.

Drawn in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I lived while attending school in 1985. This drawing began the current series.

This rock was collected from the Sangre de Christo Range in New Mexico.

drawn in Los Alamos, New Mexico

Volcanic tuff from New Mexico

This one's almost a pebble.

A trinity of rocks.