2019

For four decades, alongside paintings, and mixed-media works that blend traditional and digital techniques, I've also filled hundreds of small sketchbooks with "stolen portraits." I draw most of these portraits in a minute or two while riding transit, sitting in a café, or moving through the world. During the pandemic, to minimize exposure to others, I sometimes have only seconds to capture a masked character. For this pre-pandemic portrait, I drew the man sitting across from me while we rode on one of Muni's longer cross-town routes. Although most of my stolen portraits are drawn in a single color, the specifics of the Ninja Turtle hat demanded a few additional watercolor-pencil colors.