This is another recent sample from the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center in the United Arab Emirates. The content for the Center is being expertly developed by AldrichPears Associates in Vancouver. It is planned for opening in 2011 and will be constructed and operated utilizing pioneer sustainability principles, a truly relevant goal given its location in the fragile desert region of Al Ain. It will educate locals as well as international visitors about the importance of balance within the natural environment of deserts as well the rich heritage of desert cultures.
This illustration of bedu crossing the desert is a painterly digital illo for a proposed mural that creates a backdrop to some exhibits on bedouin culture. The final illustration will be completed at approx. 1/4 scale as oil on canvas, scanned, enlarged and output on a mural substrate that can me mouned to the curved wall.
More sample illustrations can be found on another poster here.
Below are some details of a couple areas.
