Melville's Inspiration Jenness Cortez 1998 Acrylic on Mahogany Wood Panel Painting Archivist Gallery to serve ice on the

to serve ice on the bar

Named for the boat building of Bristol

muslin coverlet and pillow

A handmade ceramic petite bowl for olive oil

Remove the wood insert and the bottle coaster becomes an attractive serving dish or coaster for salsa

Melville's Inspiration Jenness Cortez 1998 Acrylic on Mahogany Wood Panel Painting Archivist Gallery to serve ice on theNo detail is left unturned in artist Jenness Cortez' oil on wood panel painting. Using inspiration from Nathaniel Currier's 1852 hand colored lithograph The Whale Fishery Laying On, W. L. Roderick's 1855 scrimshaw whale tooth, Joseph Oriel Eaton's 1870 portrait of Herman Melville, an American Folk Art Nantucket sperm whale nautical sailor whirligig and a 1827 clipping from the Nantucket Inquirer, the artist captures New England's island history and