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Does the glory of the tulip fields make you want to dance? For those who feel like jumping for joy at the sight of the brilliant colors, this year’s Tulip Festival poster immortalizes that feeling. Camano Island artist Jack Gunter painted the 2022 Tulip Festival Poster to represent the enthusiasm and sheer pleasure of the Tulip Festival resuming after two years of COVID-19 pandemic slowdowns.

There is a formula for a successful tulip poster that sell copies by the hundreds or thousands. The most popular posters feature close-ups of the flowers themselves – the lines of petal, the i...