Hurt of the Antarctic
A graphic novel as a museum installation
A make-believe nineteenth century polar expedition comprised of fabricated artifacts
Like the story it is based on, my artistic project is all about exploration. It is a work-in-progress that confronts me with the challenges of working in different media; from pen and ink drawings, paintings and model-making to diorama construction, photography and digital applications. Hurt of the Antarctic starts off like most historic fiction, anchored in historic fact. Thereafter, we’ll just have to wait and see. TAKE A LOOK! The bound 28 page book and exhibit guide is available on request.
Assistant Navigator Nathaniel Field and seaman Queequeg, jr., build a fish weir in the crater of Mt. Arthur.
When I first started this project more than 20 years ago, few people had ever heard of the legendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. After reading Captain Frank Arthur Worsley’s account of Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, I became captivated by stories of polar exploration. My story and exhibit combine historical fiction with pure fantasy.
Aboard the Perseverance, was the son of Moby Dick’s legendary harpooner Queequeg. Like his father, Queek, as Queequeg Jr. came to be called, was to become a legend in his own right.
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