Writer Richard Rodriguez' new book is about the role of the desert in the formation of the Abrahamic religions. This illustration accompanied a profile of the author in Sojourner magazine. Art director Ed Spivey, Jr. left the concept up to me, as long as I included an image of a desert and a photo of Rodriguez. I was visiting family in Ohio while I was working on this project, and while Ohio is very flat, it really is not a desert. So I made a very mini-desert in my mother's garage for the illustration, which was fun.
CLIENT: SOJOURNER MAGAZINE
ART DIRECTOR: ED SPIVEY, JR.
