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Welcome to our fourth and final installment of our coverage of Joel and Patty Anderson's adventure-filled trip to the Grand Circle!

As artists and illustrators who love to create vintage travel art and National Parks poster art, we recognize the importance of traveling to the special places we create art of. In preparation for the upcoming book, The Illustrated Guide to Exploring The Grand Circle, our Creative Director (Joel Anderson), Bookkeeper (Patty Anderson), and co-author of the upcoming book (Dan Pierce) spent eight days of sightseeing, hiking, and exploring in the National Parks, Monuments, and natural wonders of Utah and Arizona.

Welcome to the third installment of our blog series on Joel and Patty Anderson's exciting trip to the Grand Circle!

To prepare for the upcoming book: The Illustrated Guide to Exploring The Grand Circle, Creative Director Joel Anderson, his wife Patty, and researcher/writer/collaborator Dan Pierce spent eight adventure-filled days exploring the National Parks, Monuments, and natural wonders of Utah and Arizona.

This is the second installment of our blog series on Joel and Patty Anderson's exciting trip to the Grand Circle! 

Creative Director Joel Anderson, his wife Patty, and researcher/writer Dan Pierce (co-author of the upcoming book) recently spent 8 days exploring the National Parks, Monuments, and natural wonders of Utah and Arizona—all part of their preparation for the upcoming book: The Illustrated Guide to Exploring The Grand Circle.

You may have seen pictures or social media posts of it, you may have heard it on the grapevine, or maybe you already enjoyed some of the artwork that came from it, but we decided to launch a four-part blog series on Joel and Patty Anderson's exciting trip to the Grand Circle! 

Seeking new adventure and inspiration for poster art, exploring the region for reference photos and historical data as well as valuable travel info for the upcoming coffee table book, Creative Director Joel Anderson, ADG's bookkeeping wiz Patty Anderson, and historian and writer Dan Pierce (co-author of the upcoming book) all traveled to the National Parks, Monuments, and natural wonders of Utah and Arizona. 

This blog series is the written story of their adventure, complete with on-site pictures and reference photographs. Enjoy!

What came first, the vintage poster art that inspired the travel? Or the travel adventures that inspired the poster art?