Portfolio Coulee Country Series

Designs inspired by the local flora of Eastern Washington — Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Curlycup Gumweed, Snow Buckwheat
Coulee Country Collection on Spoonflower

rabbitbrush blooming in the shrub-steppe ecosystem of eastern Washington State

Coulee Country Series

Last July 2024, as I finished up the first of a new collection based on the wildflower curlycup gumweed, I realized that over the past two years, I’d created a hodge hodge set of illustrations based on the photographs from around our shrub-steppe area and in our neighborhood of the wildflowers taken on daily walks with our dog, Guthrie. By September with my snow buckwheat illustrations, I’d reviewed my work and began to organize the illustrations, adding in additional hero and blenders to the much larger umbrella group called Coulee Country Series. Information can also be found on the portfolio website: Coulee Country Collections Series.

I placed all the local wildflower and neighborhood illustrations in a Coulee Country Collection on Spoonflower. Within that I will add the coordinating illustrations for each of the many Coulee Country illustrations I’ve already made, and add them to this additional special project of my portfolio.

Currently the illustrations with a cohesive set of at least three coordinated patterns each, include the following florals. I’ll add to the list as the Coulee Country Series grows. This will be my main project this year.