"Sunflower Seed Production" print (1972) Size:12x18" The Ontario Department of Agriculture

The Ontario Department of Agriculture wordmark on this cover has been replaced with the words ”Ontario Farming Forum” due to Section 9 of the Canadian Trademarks Act

“Map of the City of Sherbrooke”

as it has for decades

Note that while I usually try to make my prints available in two sizes

"Sunflower Seed Production" print (1972) Size:12x18" The Ontario Department of AgricultureI'm always a fan of the super real in conceptual commercial art, and here we have a ring of carefully drawn sunflower petals surrounding a circle of not just sunflower seeds, but a pile of harvested sunflower seeds. The illustration bends time from living crop to finished product, all the while maintaining the wholeness of the plant. I can't explain the "X" drawn over the seeds, though. Any ideas? A booklet cover reproduction available at 12x18" or