State Flower of Illinois: Violets

2025

This charming mixed media work layers hand-painted purple violets over a vintage road map of Illinois and surrounding states, creating a poetic dialogue between nature and geography. The flowers are rendered with confident, gestural brushwork and bold black outlines reminiscent of folk art and stained glass, with their vivid lavender-purple petals and bright yellow centers standing in striking contrast to the soft, aged cartographic background. The dark green leaves are painted with dimensional richness, anchoring the botanical composition against the delicate network of roads, cities, and state borders beneath. Originals will vary from the posted image. Also available as a mounted print (not framed).