By the ’80s, the artist began experimenting with life-size forms resembling stick-figure humans in motion and gaining recognition in shows such as a mid-career retrospective at the Whitney in 1982.

In "Stick," a found family forms between a former professional golfer, an up-and-coming golf prodigy, the latter's mother, a baggage-free vagabond and a former caddy who does not go anywhere ...

The stick figures in the sketch resemble cephalopods, a class of animal that includes octopuses and squids. Their limbs sprout directly from their heads.