Refined Rabbit Design

Surface Design

by Suellen McGowan

Patterns are everywhere. I have always noticed them in nature and my surroundings, but fell in love with creating them. My patterns and artwork evolve through sketching, photography, lettering, and painting the inspiration I find in my travels, experiences, history, and my own backyard.

I create original illustrations and repeating patterns in vector, raster, and analog art for fabrics, stationery, wallpaper, greeting cards, and other products using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Affinity 2, and Procreate, as well as through traditional methods.

Grandma Rose’s Garden

I created this collection in memory of my Grandma Rose. She taught me how to pick strawberries from her garden on the farm, looking for the ones that were ripe and ready. Laughing and working in the sun, tasting along the way, we’d have strawberry juice running down our chins while we carried the berries in our aprons. The inspiration here is of vintage flour sack dresses and aprons, sunlight and fresh air, and fun!