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A densely detailed watercolor and ink illustration of an alpine meadow filled with colorful wildflowers including Indian paintbrush, lupine, and beargrass.

A watercolor illustration of a heart-shaped arrangement of items related to philanthropic giving, including a brick house, a graduation cap, a penguin to represent the zoo, a cat to represent an animal shelter and strawberries and carrots. The image is for the cover of 'New England Gives' a publication of the Boston Globe.

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.

A watercolor illustration of an aerial view of the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, encircled by line drawings of a fish, pine cones, a compass, hands shaking, and a grizzly bear

Three pages of illustrations featured in Adam Glick's book 'Live Free, Eat Well'. The pages feature illustrations of mountain landscapes taking up half of each page. The other half has collages of food and cooking items. Each item is labeled like a scientific illustration would be.

A scientific watercolor illustration of a Large-leaved Lupine flower on a cream colored background. There is an illustration of the purple Lupine covering the page. There is a diagram on the left illustrating the parts of the Lupine flower called the banner, wing, and keel. The bottom reads "Large-leaved Lupine, Lupinus polyphyllus".

A colorful mountainous and evergreen landscape featuring a small peach-skinned girl in overalls climbing up a hill bursting with mushrooms and greenery. The girl is so small that she is the same size as a mushroom featured in the landscape. She carries a backpack overflowing with fiddlehead ferns and garlic sprouts. The left features a purple mystical face in the sky with wild hair that morphs into rainbow clouds. The face appears to be blowing wind that carries the clouds across the sky.

A scientific illustration of a color wheel made up of native wildflowers. There are 9 different flower bunches making up the wheel. Each bunch is labeled with its common English name and its Latin name. The flowers are Giant red paintbrush, magenta paintbrush, downy painted cup, pink sego lily, hoary tansy aster, large leaved lupine, mountain bog gentian, ghost pipe, stiff green thread, California poppy, and desert globe mallow.

A watercolor nature scene of a father and his toddler, both with light sienna colored skin, curly burnt umber colored hair, and smiles on their faces. The father, in a bright orange shirt with a yellow backpack, is guiding his child, wearing a rose pink jumper, up a series of rocks that look like stairs. Orange mushrooms and blue-green flora grow in front of the rocks, and a wash of watercolor greenery grows behind the figures.

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.

A repeating pattern of full color watercolor illustrations arranged on a beige background. The illustrations featured are of a large blue fish, a cast iron pot hanging over a fire with licking flames, half of a yellow squash, spruce trees, a plant of purple berries, a green tinged glass jar, a cast iron pan, a tool comprised of multiple utensils, and a pickup truck with a camper attachment.

An illustration of colorful mushrooms arranged in a heart shaped motif on a dark green watercolor background. The mushrooms are jewel tones of magenta, indigo, aquamarine, red-orange, and purple. The mushrooms are all different kinds; some have gills showing, some have spots, some have coral-like tines.

Detailed botanical illustration of a Rudbeckia laciniata plant with vibrant green leaves and tall yellow flowers. The flowers have drooping petals and green centers, showing natural imperfections. Two butterflies are featured: one perched on a flower at the top left and another resting on the central flower, with intricate orange and black wing patterns. A small caterpillar is visible crawling on one of the stems, emphasizing the lifecycle of pollinators. The earthy beige background adds a natural, textured feel.

A blue and purple toned mountainous winter landscape shows a cross country skier looking up in awe at a vibrant rainbow colored watercolor night sky with a sprinkle of white stars. off in the distance of the landscape is a triangular cabin with glowing yellow windows.

A watercolor illustration of a sunset mountain scene. One singular mountain dominates the composition. The mountain is a gradient of bright red, purple, blue, and green, with white snowy patches. The bright red at the top of the mountain mimics the red-violet in the sunset gradient behind it. Several voluminous clouds sit behind the mountain, reflecting lighter colors of the sunset. The bottom of the illustration features a blue-violet landscape of pine trees with two small figures nestled in the bottom left, leaning on one another while watching the sunset.

A watercolor illustration of pine trees lining an ocean inlet in costal Maine. One large pine tree with a detailed bent trunk is close to the viewer on the right of the scene. A green-blue tide sweeps across the bottom of the illustration, meeting grey rocks at the shore line. A forest of watercolor pine trees cover the middle of the scene, colored with a gradient of burnt orange, green, and blue-green. A blue-purple sky sits behind the pines, featuring sparse wavy clouds that appear to be glowing.

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.

This intricate watercolor diagram features an assortment of mushrooms, coral fungi, and lichen, arranged in a circular, symmetrical pattern. Each species is painted in vibrant hues, with textures and details that highlight the diversity of fungal forms. The species are labeled around the circle in a whimsical, handwritten font, adding a scientific yet artistic appeal. The mushrooms range from the bright yellow Golden Waxcap to the deep violet Blewit Lepista and the coral-like White Coral. The white background allows the vibrant colors and fine details to stand out, creating an engaging and educational visual representation of North American fungi.

A watercolor illustration of a fantasy creature's head made up of various fungi. The creature has a human-like face featuring eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Many types of fungus make up this creature's rainbow colored head. Coral-like fungi sit on top of the head like hair. Wavy, rigid fungi make up the creature's brow. Polyp-like fungi grow across the creature's cheekbones. The bottom of the face is made of gilled mushrooms growing upward with large tops. The illustration's background is a dark blue-purple with a mottled watercolor pattern.

A watercolor illustration of a native wildflower bouquet in a Ball jar. The bouquet features tall purple Lupine flowers. Other flowers in the bouquet are pink, yellow, white, and orange, with large green leaves at the jar's opening. The background is a gradient of a very dark blue-green, fading to a bright aqua at the bottom of the illustration.

A watercolor illustration of a waterfall: Ribbon Falls in the Grand Canyon. A reddish brown stone overhang shows a stripe of white foamy water falling over the edge of the rocks, to a mound of rock down below that is covered in green. The water flows down the green-covered rock, and a larger stream of water runs around it. At the bottom of the illustration is a separate horizontal illustration of a plant topped with small red-orange flowers that shows its roots at the base.

Illustration and design inspired by the biodiverse beauty of nature

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Watercolor paintbrush marks of various widths, arranged in a pale colored rainbow

Claire Loon Baldwin | Illustration & Design | ©2018 - 2025

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