Save Local Waters Project
Each year, the Regional Storm Water Collaborative of South West Ohio and Northern Kentucky partners with the Cincinnati Zoo to raise money and awareness for the care of watersheds in the Ohio River Valley. In 2020, I contributed a custom-designed rain barrel to support this project.
For the design, I conceived the character of “The River Giver” as a kind of folksy, Midwestern answer to the Loch Ness Monster. The spirit of the river itself, she frolics among the creatures that depend upon her. And whenever we take care of our waters, we take care of her.
Design was completed using digital illustration and applied to the barrel with a vinyl wrap.