“Four Grounds” is the transition work between drawing and painting and photography. Using black and white peel apart Polaroid materials, the artist would photograph what he considered “insignificant” sites on the grounds of the University of California Botanical Gardens. The black and white prints were put in an opaque projector and outlines were traced onto white drawing paper. Then the artist began the task of rendering in precise detail the blades of grass, leaves and twigs. When the drawing started looking like a “photograph,” he carefully erased lines and shapes. The work became a hybrid of rendered graphite textures and photo realism. It was at this point the artist understood that photographing in the field was more thrilling then working in the confines of the studio.