For the upcoming issue of Johns Hopkins Public Health magazine on Human Papillomavirus (more commonly known as HPV), the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States. It’s a sensitive and difficult subject to illustrate. The article highlights several leading researchers on the subject, including Dr. Keerti Shah, a Johns Hopkins virologist, who had been studying HPV and cervical cancer for more than 20 years, as well as Patti Gravitt, a first generation Shah protégé. For this assignment, I decided to explore a more gritty, painterly process to communicate the nature of the subject. Client: Johns Hopkins University. Publication: Johns Hopkins Public Health. Art Director: Robert H. Ollinger