 | I recently read "A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Lewis." It was curiosity about Newberry Award-winning author Matt de la Pena (recently honored for his work on "Last Stop Market Street") that drew me to this book. But I walked away from it with a sense of awe over the illustrations. Kadir Nelson is the artist who created these gorgeous visuals. |
Nelson's illustrations are superbly composed, glossy, dark and deep, and brimming with understated empathy. In particular, it was a brave choice to depict dark skin against dark backgrounds, as Nelson does several times with stunning success. The color palate in this book is a pleasure to experience--from the muted, pock-marked green walls of the boxing gym, to the stark white of the mat, to the blackest of blacks at the boxers' backs as they fight in the ring.
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