A collage of photos a watercolor botanical ilustration, and a scrap of paper covered in watercolor dashes, by Maine-based nature artist, Claire Loon Baldwin

Claire Loon Baldwin is a natural science illustrator and designer based in Maine, specializing in watercolor botanicals, wild foods, and biodiverse landscapes.

Name: Claire Loon Baldwin Illustration
Address: US

She creates illustrations for publishers and magazines, signage for nature centers, logos and brands for sustainable businesses, custom merchandise for environmental nonprofits, and so much more. She also teaches environmentally-oriented art workshops.

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botanical illustration • brand design • art + nature classes • editorial Illustration • food label design • sustainable art goods •

Notable Projects

An intricately detailed watercolor and ink illustration of an alpine meadow filled with wildflowers from a western North American meadow, including red and pink paintbrush flowers, lupine, and beargrass. In the background is a craggy mountain swatched in clouds.

Watercolor illustration of heirloom tomatoes and native bees found in Maine. The tomatoes and bees are arranged in a collage-like format. The colors are vibrant and every color of the rainbow is featured.

Illustrations featured in Adam Glick's book 'Live Free, Eat Well'.

The left of the page features a watercolor illustrated map of the Maine coast. Each element is labeled, highlighting islands, waterways, and land marks like Winslow Park, Casco Island, Maine Ocean Farms, Casco Bay, Moshier Island, Bustin’s Island, and Crab Island. The right of the page features a full color scientific illustration of a Maine Oyster, labeling each of its inner parts. The parts highlighted are the oyster’s tentacles, gills, mantle, palps, stomach, abductor muscle, intestine, heart, and reproductive organs.

Two watercolor illustrations of cascading Maine waterfalls. Blue-green trees are at the top of each illustration, with white foamy waters covering brown and grey tiered rocks. The illustration on the right shows calm crystal blue waters that turn to white foam over the falls.

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Eco-Friendly Products with Watercolor Botanical Illustrations

Shop environmentally-friendly products featuring watercolor illustrations of botanicals, fungi, wild foods, landscapes, and more. All products are shipped in recycled and up-cycled packaging from the artist's studio in Maine, and are available for both wholesale and purchase through Claire's Etsy store.

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What Clients Say

"Claire is an incredibly gifted artist and illustrator. It was an absolute pleasure to work with her on creating illustrations for the cookbook Live Free, Eat Well by Adam Glick here at DK/Penguin Random House. The beautiful endpapers she designed and the ten chapter opening illustrations she created add such a beautiful element to the book which took it to the next level. I could not recommend working with Claire enough!"

~ Alexander Rigby, Executive Editor at DK

Art Meets Ecology: Workshops with Claire

Claire offers classes that weave together art and ecology, drawing on her experience as an environmental educator in Northern California’s redwood forests and an interpretive ranger at Grand Canyon National Park. Her workshops focus on combining watercolor and ink techniques, using art as a tool to engage students with local ecology.

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