Courage Crown

"I remember it's when I was 8 that my art spark sparked, I remember it well, I was in an art class, learning about the colour wheel, I was actually buzzing like a bee, energetically. Eden the young girl I am collaborating with is 11, and all I can remember about being 11 is my 11th birthday, I turned 11 on the 11th of January, and I remember being told by a family friend that I was a powerful girl. I remember feeling like I quite liked the sound of that, and I hadn't really considered that powerful was something that I could be before that.   I resonated with Eden's feelings about colour so much, I too have a very special relationship with colour. I really wanted to share 'my colours' with her. While creating this collaboration piece, I thought a lot about Eden's confident line work. It was the mane from Eden's Lion that I was working with, so of course this also got me thinking about courage. I think our collaboration is about courage, so Eden, I am sending you some courage, or perhaps you have sent it to me, thank you" Amy