Cover | John Mattos

Preliminary sketch for Crissy Field (digital drawing). This month’s cover by San Francisco artist John Mattos was a candidate for a poster commemorating San Francisco’s Crissy Field’s 100-year anniversary. (Posters selected by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy are available for purchase at the Warming Hut at Crissy Field, at the southern base of the Golden Gate Bridge.) Mattos also designed a 44-cent stamp released by the U.S. Postal Service on May 14, honoring the racehorse, Seabiscuit.
Last year, Mattos created six images for the 50-year anniversary of the Vulcao de Capelinhos, a volcanic eruption in the Azores. He is currently working on  a project commemorating the Tennessee Valley Authority in the southeastern United States. See his work at www.johnmattos.com.