Tennessee State Artwork

Why this Tennessee artwork features the Smoky Mountains

Tennessee stretches from the Mississippi River to the Appalachian highlands, but its eastern mountain landscape is one of the state's most recognizable visual identities. This artwork is inspired by the Great Smoky Mountains, using layered blue ridges, soft morning haze, an open meadow and a lone tree to evoke the quiet depth of the southern Appalachians inside Tennessee's geographic silhouette.