This artwork is part of a series called 'Quirky tales' which explores surreal scenarios between animals and other creatures that inhabit the earth. Sometimes it's flora, sometimes bugs, sometimes feathered or fury creatures or the mysterious beings that live under the sea.

Each artwork starts up as an idea in my brain, inspired by a wide variety of stimuli. I'm often triggered by words and sentences from poems, books or everyday conversations. Sometimes the ideas come to me in my sleep or visions when I meditate. And many ideas evolve from visual material that I collect.

"Solace" captures the tender relationship between an echidna and a human. And what it's like to console and alleviate the pain that we often feel in times of metal grief and anxiety. Humanity is experiencing a global pandemic, which has heightened feelings of loneliness and isolation for many who live alone. The fact that she is being consoled by a creature who is covered in sharp spikes, provides a certain absurdity and impossibility. This layer of meaning draws inspiration from the fact that, sometimes solace cannot be given to those who will not accept it. When we have, dived deep into the pain that is created within our minds, no amount of solace can penetrate the layers of depression which have harden into layers of impenetrability.

The artwork was drawn on an iPad using Procreate and an Apple Pencil. What starts its life as a digital drawing, often evolves into other art forms including: oil paintings, Lino or etched prints and sometimes animations to be sold as an NFT/Crypto art.

This artwork is also available for purchase as a unique, single edition NFT.

LIMITED EDITION: Only 9 prints available

SIZE: 40 x 40cm

Please note, if you require a custom size please get in touch. 30x30cm & 50x50cm also available upon request.

FRAMING: This print is unframed.

PAPER: Printed on Canson 310 gsm which is a fine art, museum grade archival paper.