Otis Tamasauskas
Bio
Otis Tamasauskas was born in 1947 in Tirschenreuth, Germany. He immigrated with his family to Canada in 1952 and was educated at the Central Technical School, Toronto and the University of Windsor, Windsor. Tamasauskas was a Master Printer and Director of Etching at Open Studio, Toronto, where he taught and did custom printing in etching and lithography for professional artists. He has taught at the University of Toronto, McMaster University, Hamilton. Otis is presently retired from, Queen’s University, Kingston, where he actively taught for 33 years. He is an elected member of the R.C.A. Royal Canadian Academy.
Artist Statement
Ever since I read the book, Moby Dick, (50 yrs ago) I have been intrigued with chapter 42, The Whiteness of the Whale.
Ishamel attempts to describe why he finds the whiteness of the Moby Dick to be his most terrifying feature. He describes the various meanings of the colour white. It can confer a supernatural, upsetting aspect of living things. The popular idea of white is purity, perfection or goodness. I will leave it up to the individual... is white a colour or is it an abomination?
