View from the Ladder

For a change of pace from Dinotopia, here’s a pencil portrait of my friend Bill, a retired tree surgeon.

Spending a lot of time on top of a ladder with a pruning saw has given him an interesting perspective on the world.

He believes the drawings of Pokemon, for example, are masterpieces of simplicity, “like something by Giotto or Botticelli. They’re at that level of quality.”