Santa Barbara County Outdoor foundation came to me with their brand-new organizational vision of wanting an inspirational piece of art they could use for posters, banners, in logo, web and more to draw in fellow hikers and outdoor enthusiasts. They wanted a vintage trail poster look and feel about their brand while maintaining a forward-thinking contemporary position.

The requests during the brainstorming session for the art to contain were:

• To contain a flying condor
• Three hikers
• A feeling of victory
• Vista of Channel Islands
• To include La Cumbre Peak, Cathedral Rock and Arlington Peak {from an imagined perspective of where, or in this case, the hikers stood}
• Throw in some poppies and lupine wildflowers
• Have a valley oak tree canopy