John Hersey is an artist and illustrator of whimsical abstractions, playful icons, and magical manifestations, both hand-drawn and digital, all living together happily in the land of Hersey. Here are some of John's favorite things in the real world: The color RED, director Federico Fellini, artist Ed Ruscha, singer Ella Fitzgerald, the game of football (the international kind), Italian food (Carbonara), masked rapper MF Doom, and the island of Bali.