This portrait of James Madison appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. This story looks at the debate our founders had about how much federal representation individual states should have. Madison argued that representation should be proportionate to the population of each state, which would have been more reflective of a true democracy. Unfortunately, the author of the Constitution lost this debate. Regardless of enormous disparities in population, each state has two senators. Thanks to art director, Alice Cheung, for this fascinating assignment!
Hey, who is this guy? I haven’t drawn a self-portrait in many years, but at the request of my agent, I drew this one for a group promotion. It was surprisingly fun to draw.
You can check out a full gallery of my map portraits here!
