Don begins by sketching the picture. Then with his felt pen he starts with the subject's eyes "...which should follow you if you get them right." He is very passionate about this detail. He then moves out from there and ends with the recent addition of a little signature building in the background.

In 1992, Don tried color pointillism with a scene from Long Island and one of a killer whale, but says that people prefer his black and whites.

He has had favourable results experimenting with more porous artist boards and lately made water color caricatures of his four grandsons shown to the right.

Don admits getting very involved with each picture and after spending thousands of hours on a particular animal, doesn't always want to do another of the same species. Since moving to Houston, he has drawn a cougar, bobcat, eagle, grizzlies, mule deer, polar bears, white ptarmigan and geese.

He once made a drawing of an owl in a 31x28" format. It took him 4200 hours to complete, a gift for his wife who died a month later of emphysema. Don has since been remarried to Doreen Gerow who has been known to ask him," ...are you coming out for a sandwich or do I just slide it under the door?" In the winter, Don spends up to 20 hours a day on a project. "In the summer, there's golf," he explains with a grin.