Johanna Martinez

Johanna’s path to picture books winds through murals, tattoo shops, calligraphy, and desert trails. Born and raised in New York and shaped by three decades in Tucson, her work fuses bold imagery, sacred symbols, and fierce femininity. She channels folklore, mysticism, and ancestral memory into dynamic visual storytelling that lives between earth and spirit, past and present. Her dream projects are steeped in myth, magic, and mischief—stories of wild girls, powerful plants, and journeys of spiritual transformation through dusty desert terrain.