Artwork NEW: Here are some watercolors and some portraits of friends. Drawing animals is what I really like. Here are a few: Animal Drawings Since I can remember I've loved to draw from life (plants, animals, people), and I was strongly encouraged by my grandfather who was a sign painter and artist. I started college as an art major but quickly found that the accurate representational style I favored had been out of style for several centuries. Once I discovered the pleasures of scientific research, art became a hobby. Fortunately, my research on vocal anatomy gives me an outlet for some of my art. Below is my drawing of a trumpeter swan and its elongated trachea published in Nature (I'll put some more anatomical drawings up soon):