5.75 inches by 8 inches
colored pencil, ink and marker on found paper
December 26, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
MOBY-DICK, Page 113
Title: Next was Tashtego, an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of Martha's Vineyard, where there still exists the last remnant of a village of red men, which has long supplied the neighboring island of Nantucket with many of her most daring harpooneers.
5.75 inches by 8 inches
colored pencil, ink and marker on found paper
December 26, 2009
5.75 inches by 8 inches
colored pencil, ink and marker on found paper
December 26, 2009
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I like this! It reminds me of a kiwi bird!
ReplyDeleteThank you Crysti, this was another especially challenging piece. While I don't want to whitewash Melville's masterpiece or inject an anachronistic level of PC imagery, I also don't want to descend into caricature of hamfisted racial grotesques. With Tashtego as a Native American and Daggoo as an African, it would be all to easy to err on either side of the issue. Ultimately, I too am pleased with how these turned out.
ReplyDeleteFrom the paper to the colors, everything about this is exactly right.
ReplyDeleteI was really worried about this one, but it did turn out well. It's an old German book my wife brought home after her library got rid of it. I believe the title is "Das Buch Vom Der Indianer." The paper has a lovely, warm, almost manila glow to it. I've avoided using it too often, although it will reappear.
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