Sisters of St. Joseph
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Pennsylvania celebrated their 150th anniversary in 2019. They planned a special farm-to-table dinner and a walking tour of their historic grounds. This illustrated map was handed out to help guide visitors to various locations around the parish grounds.
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Animal Constellations
I created this map as an entry to a contest called “Out of This World” on the website They Draw and Travel. As both a former zookeeper and an enthusiastic stargazer, the theme for my map was an easy choice: an imaginary zoo in the night sky! There are over 40 animal-related constellations in the night sky, too many to fit in one map; I had only enough “space” to fit 13 of my favorites. This is a mixed media production: the background texture and stars were painted with watercolor, the animals were drawn in Procreate and the type and special effects were made in Photoshop. I feel I know these constellations much better now and could recognize them quite easily in the sky — I hope others will find this map useful too!
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Sandestin, Florida
Sandestin is a popular golf and beach resort area on the Emerald Coast of Florida. It is famous for its powdery white sand beaches, deep-sea fishing and perfect weather for all outdoors activities. The Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort and Spa wanted to update a map used in their ad insert in the magazine Footprints, published by Rowland Publishing (a Tallahassee-based custom print publishing house). The marketing folks at Hilton desired a fresher update to the map, and I was only too happy to help! The base map is watercolor, scanned and finished in Photoshop. I used a brighter color palette, added more logos to highlight nearby attractions, and introduced a few accent illustrations to show off some of the beautiful flora and fauna of the area.
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Missouri’s Katy Trail
Missouri Life Magazine published a coffee table-style hardcover book highlighting the famous Katy Trail and Rock Island Trail State Parks. With a hand-painted watercolor base and over 50 digitally-created, hand-drawn custom illustrations, this turned into one of my largest projects ever! It was a pleasure to work with the creative director, Dan Bishop, and the author Dan Burkhardt, to create this one-of-a-kind illustrated map showcasing some of the most famous landmarks, points of interest, historical markers and native flora and fauna that can be seen along the way or nearby. The book, titled Trails Across Missouri: The Katy and Rock Island, is due out in August 2024 and can be ordered from Mr. Burkhardt’s website, MagnificentMissouri.org.
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