These are drawn with a rapidograph pen on paper, directly from nature. They are done without a plan or a pencil underdrawing and usually I work my way from the front to the back of the scene. One of these drawings can take up to three days to complete entirely on site. They are 8 1/2″ x 11″.
- Barro Colorado Island, Panama, understory scene with hummingbird
- Barro Colorado Island, Panama, cecropia tree
- Barro Colorado Island, Panama, white trunk against dark background
- La Selva, Costa Rica, bromelliads
- Peruvian Amazon, canopy bromelliad, drawn from canopy walkway ACTS field station

















