Matthew A. Cottrell

Drawings · 3 portraits in ink

Drawings

Ink portraits of characters who stuck with me. One film, one face, one line of dialogue.

Ink drawing of Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now, white on black: a shaved head with the eyes lost in shadow, and dog tags on a chain at his collar.

01

Colonel Kurtz

“I’ve seen horrors. Horrors that you have seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer, you have a right to kill me.”

Apocalypse Now · 1979
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · Marlon Brando

Ink drawing of Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver in profile, with a mohawk and an army jacket, in solid black on white.

02

Travis Bickle

“You talkin’ to me?”

Taxi Driver · 1976
Dir. Martin Scorsese · Robert De Niro

Ink drawing of Coach from The Gentlemen in a flat cap and glasses, one hand raised to his face, wearing a plaid track jacket.

03

Coach

“You’re embarrassing yourself here lads. Kids stab, girls shoot, boys punch. Grown-ups fight with their heads. That’s where the real battle is up here, in the gray. Now, wake up, lads. Life’s quick. You’re slow. Life’s hard on a bone top.”

The Gentlemen · 2019
Dir. Guy Ritchie · Colin Farrell