(JPEG) A sketch of a secretary from my first drawing exhibition before my 6th grade class. I had been learning to draw from cartooning books.

The painting of pheasants, which I copied from the cover of a greeting card, is my second painting on canvas. Again, I painted this picture when I was a senior in high school. The scene, the textures, and the colors are still interesting to me.

(JPEG) A detail from a large pastel drawing from a tutored drawing class I completed in 6th grade. During a special month of courses, an artistically talented teacher taught me personally. This is my first color drawing with shading.

(JPEG) A detail from a large pencil drawing from my 10th grade art class at Robbinsdale Senior High School.

(JPEG) I used water colors to paint a water fall in my 10th grade art class. The photograph of the water fall was from "Arizona Highways" magazine.

(JPEG) I painted the duck's head from a picture of another painting in the "Minneapolis StarTribune." I finished a more refined full-sized painting of pheasants in a field from a wild life greeting card, in 12th grade at Osseo Senior High School.

(JPEG) A detail from a preparatory sketch using paint that I made in 12th grade at Osseo Senior High School. After I finished the sketch, on canvas I painted two pheasants in a field with brown farm buildings in the distant background.

(.jpg) When I was a senior in high school, I painted this still life from a greeting card cover. Although this was my first painting on a canvas that I built, now 36 years after I painted the still life, it still provides enjoyment at my parent's cabin.

(JPEG) A detail from a large pencil drawing from my 1st quarter drawing class at the University of Minnesota.

(JPEG) A pencil drawing from my 1st quarter drawing class at the University of Minnesota.

(JPEG) A pencil drawing from my 1st quarter drawing class at the University of Minnesota. (Some scanning defects)

(.jpg) At the University of Minnesota in 1973, I drew an egg with pencil and ink for a drawing class. 14" x 14"

(JPEG) A detail from a large cartoon drawing pasted on a map of the moon from my 2nd quarter drawing class at the Univeristy of Minnesota. I made a similar animated cartoon for Novo Nordisk called "Mission Critical."

(.jpg) A study for the work UFO. Pencil on newsprint.

(.jpg) In the second quarter of a drawing class at the University of Minnesota in 1974, I drew my hand as I held a volcanic stone called sponge rock. 17" x 24"

(JPEG) A detail from a large pencil drawing from my 2nd quarter drawing class at the University of Minnesota. Visiting the class, Professor Peter Busa spoke about this drawing, saying that it was similar to American Indian art.

(JPEG) A detail from a large pencil drawing from my 3rd quarter drawing class at the University of Minnesota. (Some scanning defects.)

(JPEG) A pencil-and-ink drawing I made for an independent study class in scientific illustration. Inga Platou, from the Univerisity of Minnesota Hospital's Department of BioMedical Graphic Communications taught me.

(JPEG) This colored pencil drawing of a cochlea on video paper, from my independent study class in scientific illustration at the Univeristy of Minnesota, is one of the last drawings on video paper, which had a coating the artist could smudge.