State Flower of California: California Poppies

2025

This captivating mixed media artwork features bold California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) rendered in vivid orange with expressive ink outlines, layered atop a vintage road map of California and Nevada. The flowers are drawn with confident, gestural black linework that defines their delicate petals and feathery foliage, creating a striking contrast against the cartographic background. Overlaid text fragments from what appears to be a novel or literary passage add an additional layer of narrative depth, weaving personal storytelling into the geographic context. Originals will vary from the posted image. Also available as a mounted print (not framed).