Client Projects

I create and license natural science illustrations for clients. I work with governmental entities, agencies, museums, design firms, scientists, and individuals to develop high quality custom art to fulfill their needs. Some examples of projects, below.

Please contact me if I can help with your project, or to ask about licensing illustrations.

A whole bunch of Mayan Rainforest

For this project, I created 28 illustrations of various creatures and habitats found on the Yucatán Peninsula. Hopefully I'll be able to...

Illustrating a book about undying love

You just really don't know what you're going to find when you open up your e-mail... Recently I was contacted by the wonderful author...

Botanical Brochure of RHS Show

Travel Oregon's beautiful "Oregon Garden" at the Royal Horticultural Society's Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival showcases a...

Sweet garden signs

The OSU extension service commissioned garden signs, and I had a lot of fun creating the artwork for them. An added bonus is that these...

Decals for the Lincoln City Audubon Society

Over the years I've created a variety of illustrations of coastal subject matter; no surprise since I live right here on the Oregon...

Rockaway Beach Cedar Wetlands Preserve Signage

This is a beautiful natural area on the Oregon coast has a wonderful boardwalk trail all the way out to a huge old growth western cedar...

Pollinator Panel artwork for the USFWS

The USFWS office in Burbank, WA requested a series of illustrations of native plants and pollinators to use for custom interpretive...

Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District educational illustrations

I've had the opportunity work with the lovely folks at the TSWCD on a variety of projects. Their goal is to improve environmental...

Seaside Estuary interpretive signage

The City of Seaside's beautiful estuary is the subject of this large (6' wide) interpretive sign for which I provided the illustrations....

San Juan County Land Bank signage

The artwork that I create for the steel signs are actually negatives that are used to etch the metal. The final sign is shown below, as...

Panther Lake signage

I provided a western painted turtle for this interpretive signage for Panther Lake in Snohomish County in Washington. Western painted turtle

Tillamook Coast Experience signage

I supplied two pieces of artwork for this sign about the Nehalem River watershed. Chinook salmon River otter

Pacific Birding & Blues T-shirt

A fun project to create artwork for a festival t-shirt. Brown pelican in front of Pacific City, OR, Haystack rock. (Scratchboard)

Oregon Coast Aquarium interpretive artwork

I've created numerous illustrations for the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, OR, such as the tree backdrop and plant/animal artwork for...

The View from Cascade Head, book illustrations

The View from Cascade Head is a book by Bruce Byers. I created a frontispiece illustration, a map and a series of chapter illustrations...

City of Lincoln City Parks Department open space signage

I provided artwork for numerous interpretive signage for seven open spaces with trails in Lincoln City, OR.

High Desert Museum interpretive signage artwork

I created a series of 17 illustrations to help visitors understand the functions and purpose of a high desert pond. (Design by High...

Amanda Trail map and guide

A project by the View the Future organization in Yachats, OR, for which I provided illustrations and map. (Design work by Visual Spring,...

Alder Island Trail interpretive signage

A series of signs that help orient the visitor to the stunning flora and fauna of the Alder Island Trail. (Design by Ernie Rose, project...

Jam jar artwork for Williams Sonoma

I had a very good experience creating artwork for, of all things, jam jars! I learned a lot about how artwork reduces to look good on...

Nora Sherwood

Portraying Nature to Educate and Inspire

"In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand,

and we will understand only what we are taught." – Baba Dioum

Client Projects