Portrait of a Pirate Assassin, 2024 - Luke Haeger

Luke Haeger

Portrait of a Pirate Assassin, 2024

Pen on Chateau Marmont stationery

10 1/4 × 7 3/4 in | 26 × 20 cm

Unique work

Both playful and enigmatic, Portrait of a Pirate Assassin presents a figure at the crossroads of fantasy and myth. With sparse yet deliberate linework, Luke Haeger conjures a character that feels half-dreamed, half-remembered—equal parts outlaw and alter ego. The drawing invites the viewer to project narrative, blurring the line between caricature and confession.

Executed on Chateau Marmont stationery, the piece situates itself within Haeger’s ongoing interest in context and material as narrative devices. Like much of his practice, this work exists at the intersection of fiction, psychology, and setting—suggesting that identity, like paper, can be both fixed and fragile.