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Illustration & Hand-Drawn Elements
All businesses begin with a logo, but it’s through story, messaging, and identity that the brand begins to feel authentic and memorable. Brand elements can be created in a variety of approaches, from unique illustration that is hand-drawn or digitally-rendered to stock illustration that captures an existing look and feel that can be recolored or integrated into existing artwork. From small elements that draw attention to details to complete storylines that create memorable and engaging experiences, illustration brings it all together.
Uniquely Yours
Hand-Drawn, Digital Editing
Digitally-Designed + Vector
Stock Illustration
Illustration or Photo Stock
Altered or Colorized Stock
Commemorative Print Illustration
Friends of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
As a visual artist and Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteer, I love creating visual and written stories that elevate ecological relationships between trees, plants, wildflowers, mosses, and living creatures. This drawing was created for Friends of the Wildflower Garden to commemorate Eloise Butler’s 175th birthday, August 3rd, 1851. Originally hand-drawn in ink and finished with digital color, this artwork is available as a limited-edition print. The first two editions are to be gifted to the Garden’s nature center and to the organization for auction. (The 3rd edition was donated to the Melinda Vaughn School Pollinator Fund Wingspan event.) The illustration will be also printed on the cover of their Summer, 2026 newsletter. The organization generously granted permission to print and sell additional prints, available soon.
Eloise Butler—Visionary of Preserving Wild Spaces
Celebrating 175 Years
Established in 1907 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary became the first public wildflower garden in the US. With a vision to preserve a “Wild Botanic Garden,” botanist and teacher Eloise Butler became the Garden’s first Curator. The first species transplanted was the Purple Pitcher Plant, shown in the illustration alongside the Showy Lady’s-slipper.
Anniversary Publication Design
Minnesota Master Naturalist Program Celebrates 20 Years
Illustration for a centerfold graphic conveying Minnesota biomes and program milestones.
Interpretive Sign Illustration
Metropolitan Council’s Sustainable Landscapes Program
Design for the Arts worked with Metropolitan Council Environmental Services to concept, illustrate, and design communications materials for the Sustainable Landscape Program. This multi-year plan incorporates pollinator gardens, bee lawn, and native prairie plantings into Met Council’s properties throughout seven counties in the Twin Cities region.
The project’s signature image —an ink-drawn illustration, digitally-colored and refined—features an American Goldfinch and the endangered Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee, along with two of the bees host plants—wild geranium and butterfly milkweed. The interpretive signs feature illustrations I created of a natural landscape with flowers, plants, and birds native to Minnesota. Messaging for the sign and other materials were crafted in collaboration with the team with guidance from field experts. These signs are permanently installed at each site once sustainable landscapes are fully-established.
Brand & Brochure Illustration
Foxglove Market
Illustrated Elements
Ink-drawn and vectorized illustrated elements are a trademark feature of Foxglove Market’s identity. The hand-drawn approach resonates with owner Christine’s mission for local, chemical-free flowers and flora, and her model toward an environmentally-conscious floral movement that reduces impact. The “Harvested Here” icon, along with thoughtfully-crafted messaging, connects the Foxglove Market mission with customers that support the value of local and chemical-free.
