Ahab's Head: American Vengeance (installation 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 (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 (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, 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
2020-2025, dimensions variable, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, cloth, canvas, string, rope, Cinefoil, wood, sound, and cast shadows
Ahab's Head: American Vengeance
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 (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 (9)
2022, 17.5” x 20.5”, ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper
Leviathan D (2)
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 (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 (23)
2025, 17” 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 (6)
2022, 15” x 27.5” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, canvas, and cast shadows
Leviathan (7)
2022, 15” x 27.5” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, string, and cast shadows
Leviathan (9)
2023, 24” x 49” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, string, wood, Cinefoil, and cast shadows
Leviathan (4)
2022, 13” x 10” x 1.5”, ink, gouache, acrylic, paper, canvas, 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
In 2020 I reread Moby-Dick, one chapter a day. The dread and obsession of 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 and vengeance, past and present.
The installation is on exhibit at the New Bedford Whaling Museum from December 13, 2025, to May 3, 2026.
The images on the website include photographs of the installation taken at the New Bedford Whaling Museum as well as related drawings, and constructions.