Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (Detail)
2020-2025, installation dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head:American Vengeance (Detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (installation detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (installation detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil,wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (installation detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (installation detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, aper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (installation detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (installation detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (Installation detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's head: American Vengeance (installation detail)
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Leviathan D (2)
2022, 17.5” x 20.5”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Leviathan D (9)
2022, 17.5” x 20.5”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Leviathan D (22)
2025, 17.5” x 20”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Leviathan D (21)
2025, 17”x 20.5”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Leviathan D (23)
2025, 17” x 20.5”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Leviathan D (25)
2025, 17” x 20”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Leviathan D (24)
2025, 17.5” x 20.5”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Leviathan D (26)
2025, 17.5” x 20.5”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Tashtego
2025, 10.5” x 11” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, canvas, string, wood, and cast shadows
Queequeg
2025, 12.5” x 11” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, string, and cast shadows
A Very Long Journey
2023, 27” x 50” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, canvas, string, wood, Cinefoil, and cast shadows
The Chase
2025, 15” x 31” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, canvas, string, wood, Cinefoil, and cast shadows
Leviathan (9)
2023, 24” x 49” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, string, wood, Cinefoil, and cast shadows
Leviathan (7)
2022, 15” x 27.5” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, string, and cast shadows
Leviathan (4)
2022, 13” x 10” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, canvas, and cast shadows
Leviathan (6)
2022, 15” x 27.5” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, canvas, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance
In 2020, I reread Moby-Dick, one chapter a day. The dread and obsession in this great novel echoed how I felt at this time in the pandemic. My installation, Ahab’s Head: American Vengeance , addresses the relentless American obsession with violence.
The installation will be exhibited at the New Bedford Whaling Museum from December 13, 2025 to May 3, 2026. whalingmuseum.org
The images on the website Iinclude studio shots of the installation in progress, drawings, and constructions.