Interested in testing the conventions of drawing, I work in and around academic traditions of representation. I use marker as my drawing medium so I cannot correct the mistakes of the hand. Each imperfection, in search of perfection, inspires me to continue in the task of collecting data and representing my own reality. In this work, I spent a 4 month period collecting the portraits of family and friends, self-portraits, and copies of master drawings. The resulting 11'x11' display of the collection was shown at the University of Cinncinnati Gallery in 2006.