But Can He Draw?

For the past two years I have been doing abstracts. I frankly do not know the connection between classic drawing and what I do now. I know that my sense of space, color and balance are necessary. And I know that certain people think that creating abstracts entails no special skill. (Of course, I disagree.)

I recently came across these two photographs. I did this drawing when I was studying at David Hardy's Atelier in Oakland. I created the setting from an old Navaho blanket, book, plastic lizard and a photograph of my mother as a teenager. What do you think?