Northeast Native Mix Fine Art Poster

Cynthia Cliff is an artist and illustrator with a focus on children's books, book and editorial illustration, food and cooking art, and flora and fauna art. After running a successful design business in Washington DC, Cynthia came back to drawing in 2016. She told us, "after not drawing for over 30 years, I started to teach myself how to draw again, and to explore materials and styles. I now make art almost every single day. It has become an obsession and I cannot imagine life without it." Cynthia designed all 5 of our Wildflower Meadow Seed Shakers, as well as our Spring and Late Season Planting Guides.

She told us, "I knew that I wanted each mix to have its own distinct coloring and personality, so I needed to manage the color to insure four different color families. I did this by making color charts to see which flower colors were most prevalent in each mix. It took a bit of planning and working out before I even started drawing. Deciding which human elements to include was also driven by the content of the mix. I just needed to make sure that they were interesting to look at but didn't steal the show away from the flowers. I also really enjoyed adding the animals, they are so fun to draw! As a gardener you feel great pleasure in seeing creatures benefit from a flower garden and come on, seeing a box turtle lumbering along in your flowerbed is pretty cool, right?"

Original Medium: Digital illustration

This fine art poster measures 18 x 24 inches and ships via USPS Priority Mail in a poster tube mailer.