Iconic "That's My Park" and "Adobe Series" illustrations

Michael Schwab’s local park images bring to life the mission of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: to ensure our cherished local parks and beaches are thriving and available to all. He was first commissioned by Friends in 2005 to develop the That’s My Park images featuring Natural Bridges State Beach, Wilder Ranch State Park, The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park and Seacliff State Beach. He added to the collection with two additional illustrations in 2014. Called the Adobe Series, his work features Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park — home to Santa Cruz County’s oldest building — and the Castro Adobe, the site of a grand two-story adobe that is California’s newest State Historic Park. All of the images evoke the 1930s WPA Era, when Californians first voted to support State Parks.

Merchandise Available

Original That’s My Park illustrations of Natural Bridges, Wilder Ranch, Nisene Marks and Seacliff are available on posters, notecards, mugs, magnets, shirts, sweatshirts, lapel pins, patches and stickers. These items also are available at Friends’ ParkStores at Seacliff State Beach, Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, Natural Bridges State Beach and Wilder Ranch State Park.

Adobe Series illustrations are available at the Mission ParkStore. The shop sells posters, notecards, mugs, magnets and shirts.

The ParkStore Online offers That’s My Park shirts, posters, notecards, magnets, lapel pins, patches and stickers. The shop also has Adobe Series posters, magnets and cards. A limited number of Schwab Art items also are sold at Bookshop Santa Cruz.

Fine Art Prints

Signed and numbered single prints, including the Adobe Series and the original That’s My Park illustrations, are $150 each. Sets of the two-illustration Adobe Series are available for $250. The four original That’s My Park illustrations and complete six-illustration body of work also are available. To purchase prints, please email or visit the online ParkStore.