From 1995 to 1997 I traveled by train two hours to get to work five days a week.
Four long hours every day…

For many that would be such a waste of time, but I loved it.

For me, it was the perfect opportunity for me to pull out my collection of pre-sharpened pencils and draw. There are several pictures in this collection that have gone on to become well-known, and yet they too started as simple colored pencils on a pad, drawn with the train bouncing around and learning to create with that movement.

Just to be clear, these images have been digitally enhanced over the years. Please scroll to the bottom to see what they looked like in their original form. The truth is, many of these pieces were just too good to not do something more with them. Most ‘famously’, “Sensing the Tape” and “Freefalling Angel” were both also created whilst on a train, headed to work.