This was for the Boston Globe Magazine about a woman, who when a girl moves from Memphis to Boston for a scholarship. She ends up staying for career and marriage, but never quite feels at home in the North.
She ponders this, from the article -"Now, though, I wonder. The prompt is Isabel Wilkerson’s magnificent new
book, “The Warmth Of Other Suns,” a dense and moving exploration of the
Great Migration. Wilkerson chronicles both the highs and lows of that
fifty-year, nation-altering event but mainly suggests it was ultimately for
the good. Was it?"
For some reason I really responded to this piece. Perhaps because Jacob Lawrence, the great artist of the great migration, was one of my favorite artists as a high schooler. Or perhaps because I have never really felt at home no matter where I live.
One thing I do know is, I wish I didn't have to do so many color studies to be happy!Update March 2011: This piece just won a Silver at the Society of News Design.
Thanks for submitting it Grant!
4 comments:
love the thumbnails all together
I think illustration is one of your best!
It's so beautiful!
I saw "Memphis to Boston" on FaceBook without a title or artist's name. I fell in love with it and couldn't share because I don't share art unless the artist gets credit. When I found you though TinEye, I really did hit the jackpot! Your detailed story behind the picture is just as beautiful as the painting itself. Thanks.
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