This is a Christmas card design I made which feels aligned to this theme. For me, togetherness is what the winter holidays are about, more than anything else.

I took some time this month to be playful with existing and new linocut prints whilst I developed a new design for a shop. I combined elements in a way I don’t usually, creating new forms from smaller blocks rather than one continuous design. It was natural to repeat designs, creating lines of bold floral forms.

This piece is about connecting through difference. Recognising our different natures in relationships can be very helpful and challenging in equal parts. Sometimes we don't have the words or don't understand one another, but still we try, and still we care and love and connect.

I've been transitioning in a big way in my practice, and this is my largest piece to date using some of my handmade mineral pigment oil paints. It is imperfect but I'm happy to leave it there The background is made with some oil pastels I didn't make, but an important part of the transition to using totally natural materials. It feels like an awakening in many senses, for my practice, for the deepened connection with the earth, and the abundance we see depicted in the painting itself.