local vintage-inspired map illustrations

2020-2021

These map illustrations were originally inspired by a custom commission for interior designer Jennifer Tapper Richards of Tapper Richards Interiors. Jennifer needed a custom set of wall art for a client project in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and had been searching for something balanced between organic and structured, with a cool neutral color palette. Her custom set included a 40x30” horizontal print developed from an old Fairhaven road map, and a 4-piece 9x12” set of a vertical map of Fairhaven and Bristol County that originated in 1895.

While playing with options for this commission, I developed a series that continued to evolve beyond the scope of the original project, and plan to extend through other local towns in the area.