#jada fitch

Spent most of 2021 working on some awesome projects.  Hundreds of illustrations!  Most of which I still can’t share yet.  Here’s a little deer that didn’t make the final cut for one project, but I still think she’s cute.  

POLYPHEMUS MOTH vinyl stickers, now available in my ETSY SHOP. $3-

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)

“August” painting in progress.

Step by step Gizmos in action.  

Happy Thanksgiving!

The between projects project.

Haunted Village fabric and wallpaper now available on Spoonflower.  Features seven historic Maine buildings, looking their spookiest.  SHOP

If you’re driving through downtown Windham, Maine, glance over at this Sebago Lake map illustration I did for the side of the new Starbucks/Chipotle building, in front of the Windham Mall.  It’s 24 feet long!  For sure the longest illustration I’ve ever done, and I got to draw my hometown.  You can get a real good look if you’re waiting for your coffee at the drive through.

My annual spooky illustration is also a seamless pattern design.  This fictional haunted village features seven historic Maine buildings in the spirit of Halloween, with lots of spooky details.  The buildings include:
- The Victoria Mansion, Portland (1860  If you’ve lived in Portland, you know this building well, but did you know it has one of The United States’ first examples of Islamic architecture, with its ornate Turkish smoking room?  You can visit at Christmas time to see the insides elaborately decorated.)
- Stephen and Tabitha King’s home, Bangor (1858  Purchased by the Kings in ‘80, it’s no longer the couple’s permanent residence, but will become an archive of the works of one of Maine’s greatest people, as well as a writing retreat.)
- William M. Nash house, Cherryfield (1888  An elaborate Second Empire home built by William A. Allen, on a hill overlooking the Narraguagus River.  Rumored to be a top contender in the role of the house, for the 1991 Addams Family movie.)
- George Lord Little house, Kennebunk  (1875 Just a really beautiful house IMO.  One of a kind, and a great example of Victorian architecture in Maine.)
- Charles A. Jordan house, Auburn (1880  Residence of a prominent local builder, constructed to show off his skills.  Partially destroyed by arson in 2018, and is on the list of Maine’s Most Endangered Historic Places.)
- Former First Congregational Church, Wells (1862 Thought to have been built on the site of Wells’ first colonial meeting house, which was built in 1664, and decades later burned in a Native American raid.)
- District No. 5 Schoolhouse, Alfred.  (1862  A currently well preserved example of an historic one room schoolhouse.  Used as a school until 1921.)

Blue and orange were the most popular color choices, followed closely by the green, pink and red.  So these top 5 will be available on fabrics in a couple weeks.  For now, you can find them as prints, on throw pillows, tote bags, yoga mats, and more, in my Society6andRedbubbleshops.

New WREN design in my Society6&Redbubble shops.  T-shirts, stickers, totes, mugs & more.

Moths and butterflies fabrics and wallpaper now available at 1/3 scale. SHOP

Great Crested Flycatcher

Another illustration for Nature Smarts 7-9.  Fallen logs are one of my favorite subject matters.

Little vector illo for Nature Smarts Workbook, Ages 4-6.  

Who’s not in their proper habitat?  The “Habitat Mix Up” pages of, Nature Smarts Workbooks (Ages7-9) may have been my favorite to illustrate.  

It’s hard to believe that one in four trees in the eastern US used to be an American chestnut.  Last year I ordered a sapling, and it just came in the mail this week.  Excited to have one in my yard, and hoping it makes it to 500 years.  

This panel highlights the Manchester trail’s namesake.  Cedars swamps are definitely one of my favorite ecosystems.  Doesn’t get much better than a sphagnum moss carpet.  

Before creating this panel for The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire, I had no idea that giant rhododendrons where native to North America.  They are so big and showy, I assumed they were some exotic flower, but no, they are found throughout the Appalachian Mountain range.  New Hampshire is about as far north as they grow in the wild.   Makes me like the one planted outside my window even more.  

This panel for The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire was a lot of fun to create.  All about the oak trees in the Manchester Cedar Swamp, and some of the critters that enjoy them.  

Another panel for The Nature Conservancy New Hampshire, at the new Manchester Cedar Swamp All Persons Trail. 

Sunburst Lichen Stickers! New to my ETSY SHOP. Waterproof vinyl, with a clear border, $3 each.

Marsh Wren  (Cistothorus palustris)

Happy Owlintine’s!