The riverbanks of Paris are magical. On a sunny afternoon when they fill up with people, they're among the most beautiful urban public spaces I know.

I made this copperplate engraving, "Quai des Célestins", at Imprimerie ARTE, using a combination of line etching and aquatint. The view is from one of my favorite spots on the Right Bank, looking across the river toward Île Saint-Louis.

Signed and numbered prints are available from my website and from Galerie Maeght. Their gallery on rue du Bac also has my other recent work, including the Prince of Persia-themed "Run Jump" and "The End."

I used a different technique, drypoint (scratching on copper plate directly with a stylus, no acid involved) for "Charles Bridge." Having put in a few years as a street caricaturist myself — that's how I bought my first Apple II computer at age 14 — I can never resist stopping to watch them work.

"Poet's Grotto," also drypoint, depicts a less busy spot than Paris or Prague. Lamartine put it on the map with his immortal poem "The Lake," mourning the lost love he used to meet there.

The two smaller prints are available in signed editions of 12 from Galerie Maeght.

The story of how my collaboration with ARTE began (and the incredible coincidence with my own family history) is here.