I like to test myself by drawing in challenging situations. These drawings were made at Berkeley Rep's production of An Octoroon and were made from my vantage point, three rows back in a darkened theater using a brush pen in a small Moleskin sketchbook.

The rare and exotic plants found in San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers, require constant care and feeding. Waist deep in the pond of the Aquatic Plants Gallery, Mario Vega, Nursery Specialist tends to the water lilles.

September’s Valley fire devastated the Middletown, Cobb and Anderson Springs communities. Here are the drawings I completed last week. All that remains of these structures are bent metal and gray ash amongst charred trees. Homeowners tell me they will...