PIT AND THE PENDULUM

In a search to exploit the notan style of drawing to more contemporary surroundings I found a great catalyst in the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Being a fellow Baltimorean like the great American writer of short stories and poems I thought the idea encompassed not only a tribute to the master, but a nice homage in general.

I have begun the works with the intention of contemporizing cubism by giving my works a look of brushed stainless steel.
















































Initially it was my intention to do a major set of illustrations, a portfolio of all Poe's works but because this is not a commissioned work and I prefer not to put a great deal of time into something unsolicited, I will do only one more story; The Cask of Amontillado, and finish the set there.

Where this series will lead in the next step up I've no idea but I'd like to think it will have something to do with the Divine Comedy.