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| The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story |
In early December I was commissioned by the Financial Times to provide an illustration for their review in the Life and Arts section weekend supplement of 'The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story' compiled by Anne Enright. I chose to illustrate a scene from Patrick Boyle's short story "Meles Vulgaris" in which the stories protagonist recollects Irish countrymen brutally killing a badger in the woodland.
I wanted to create an eerie feel to the illustration without the image being too dark in it's night time setting, so decided to keep all but one of the farmers as ambiguous silhouettes standing menacingly with their shovels and pitchforks over the dying badger. The central farmer stabs his pitchfork down one last time towards the badger's back, the final blow! They are surrounded by grassy mounds and twisted old trees.
Link: The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story
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