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

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM

    I like this! It reminds me of a kiwi bird!

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  2. Matt KishDecember 28, 2009 at 9:14 PM

    Thank 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.

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  3. BJUFebruary 23, 2010 at 10:05 AM

    From the paper to the colors, everything about this is exactly right.

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  4. Matt KishFebruary 24, 2010 at 9:13 AM

    I 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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