Architectural Map-Drawings to Date: February 2014

STATE ARCHITECTURE Map-Drawing

What if, in addition to the State Tree, Flower, Bird, etc...there was a STATE ARCHITECTURE? An emblematic, vernacular cottage nestles into the topographic folds of each of the 'Lower 48' States.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

 This Map can be framed, or just hung like a poster. It's printed on thick archival epson paper.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

The Southern States and beyond.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

The Great Lakes and the Eastern States.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

The East Coast!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

The Western States and beyond.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178521286/state-architecture-small-houses-map

AMERICAN HOMETABLE for the Architecture-Lovers!

Introducing another relative of the AMERICAN HOMESCAPE Map-Drawing... the AMERICAN HOMETABLE - for the Architecture-lovers!
50 States. 50 emblematic, Vernacular Cottages. Arranged geographically in a 'periodic table' of sorts, a Map of State Architecture.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

The West. Cabins, Victorians, Bungalows!  And an Alaskan lighthouse.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

The Midwest and Southeast of the Country.https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

The Northeast... Gambrels and Gables. And an Maine lighthouse.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

The American Hometable Map-Drawing.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

All states created equal. 1 1/4" square.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178535557/american-hometable-map-drawing-16x20

AMERICAN TREESCAPE for the Tree-Lovers!

This new map is another take on the AMERICAN HOMESCAPE Map-Drawing which married state trees and imagined state architecture. This AMERICAN TREESCAPE Map-Drawing is for the Tree-lovers - no cottages, just TREES!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

The 'Lower 48' - 48 States, 48 Trees. Just because epic Alaska and dainty Hawaii don't fit in a frame-able size. This Map can be framed, or just hung like a poster. It's printed on thick archival epson paper.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Trees of the Heartland.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Eastern States, and their Trees.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

Tall trees of the West.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

Trees of all shapes, sizes, and colors of green.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178474012/american-treescape-map-drawing-17x24

AMERICAN HOMESCAPE: States Trees + State Architecture + Landscape

Every US State has their bird, their flower, their tree...I'm interested in the way people build houses, with materials and forms that are emblematic of that area. What if each state had a State Architecture? I drew small houses and cottages that seemed to capture the architectural essence of each state, from my own experience. I paired them with the state tree and nestled both into the topographic landscapes of the state. Each State Map is available as a Print and a Postcard: https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1

Once each State was drawn, I was so excited to put them all together, like a US Map Puzzle!  The outline of the USA began to emerge...

Here are 48 contiguous States, with their cottages and trees, and city hearts, in place as individually designed. Houses and trees mashed on top of each other...this Map needed some ironing out! The result is the Map at the top of this post - and Printed, below.

Here is the big compilation of the Lower 48 States, with their trees and cottages, A 17" x 24" Print on thick white Epson paper:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Great NorthWest

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Western States

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

Texas and The MidWest

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The South

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Eastern States

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The NorthEast, or North Atlantic, States

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Great Lakes States

https://www.etsy.com/listing/178358828/american-homescape-map-drawing-17x24

The Colorado A-frame, where it all began. 
Do you have a favorite?

The MIDWESTERN STATES: USA Map-Drawings

I've just finished the Midwest States Map-Drawings! 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693

Each drawing features the state tree and a quintessential or common small house type found in-state, layered over the state's borders and topography, and highways.  You choose the location of a small red heart or house - where's special to you? Available in 8x10 Prints and Postcards. https://www.etsy.com/shop/turnofthecenturies?section_id=14268693 

NORTH DAKOTA (Bismarck hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175427540/north-dakota-state-map-postcard
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175437387/north-dakota-map-8x10-print

SOUTH DAKOTA (Sioux Falls hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175428788/south-dakota-map-8x10-print

NEBRASKA (Lincoln hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175332462/nebraska-map-8x10-print

KANSAS (Salina hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175078626/kansas-map-8x10-print

MISSOURI (St. Louis hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/167590391/missouri-map-8x10-print

IOWA (Des Moines & Iowa City hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/174833122/iowa-map-postcard
https://www.etsy.com/listing/174842599/iowa-map-8x10-print

IOWA (Des Moines hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175089662/iowa-map-american-gothic-8x10-print

IOWA (Des Moines hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175089662/iowa-map-american-gothic-8x10-print

MINNESOTA (Minneapolis hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175237348/minnesota-map-8x10-print

WISCONSIN (Appleton & Madison hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/167529475/wisconsin-map-8x10-print

ILLINOIS (Springfield hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175879040/illinois-state-map-postcard
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175878948/illinois-map-8x10-print

INDIANA (Indianapolis hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175890937/indiana-map-8x10-print

OHIO (Cincinnatti & Columbus hearted)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175988160/ohio-map-8x10-print

I loved drawing the Midwest as I thought of my own origins and my family's German and Swiss farmers. Come to the Heartland! 

Find All of the MIDWEST Print and Postcards HERE.

Aerial Midwest Winter

I love to fly if I get a window seat and the view is good. I feel a little sheepish taking photos out of the plane window, but...I LOVE it. I fancy myself an aerial photographer for a few minutes, snapping when the composition is right, as the landscape moves below me.

It is fascinating to see the patterns of urban, suburban, and rural settlements from the sky and think about how they exemplify national patterns of growth.

*I know I'm not the only one who takes photos from the plane window*