By praying with the imagination, Rod Sánchez ultimately and humbly strives to paint what God reads to him in a picture book…
Painting Gallery
Artwork by Rod Sanchez
Rod Sanchez’s Mural Artwork Featured at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Artwork published in the article “Fantasy Job” in the READ 180 Real Book (Reading • Language • Learning)
Rod Sanchez’s large-scale mural artwork created at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (HMH) is featured in an interview piece by Erik Bryan titled, “Fantasy Job” with HMH Editor, Nicole Sclama. A photograph of Rod and his mural artwork are featured in the “Career Focus: Book Editor” section of the book. Rod created this large-scale mural artwork in support of sharing the creative process of how fantasy book covers are designed in middle grade and teen fantasy fiction novels, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Colombia National Team – FIFA World Cup 2018
Published in the Tschutti Heftli Magazine
Rod Sánchez's painted portrait of Diego Armando Maradona was one of 32 selected Maradona portraits out of 523 worldwide submissions in the Tschutti Heftli International Illustration Competition – hosted by Swiss magazine, Tschutti Heftli! International jury members included National Soccer Hall of Fame U.S. professional footballer and Fox Sportscommentator, Alexi Lalas. Each winning artist will paint the portraits of one team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Rod was selected to paint the portraits the Colombia National Team for publication in the magazine.
El País – Newspaper of Cali, Colombia. Feature Interview. “El Hombre que Pintó a la Selección.” By Zapata, Anderson. June 15, 2018. Print.
Rod’s artwork and a full interview were featured on the front page of El País – the national newspaper of Cali, Colombia in South America. The feature cover story focuses on Rod’s paintings of the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Colombia national football team created for the 2018 Tschutti Heftli Collectors Album (Swiss culture and art magazine, Tschutti Heftli).