It's finally here a collection I've put my whole heart into. When filming The Outstanding Artist it brought a lot of emotion out that I didn't know I have and honestly I'm still trying to understand why and where it stems from.
I've had a lot of really tough times in my life, the biggest being loosing my mum at a young age and I've always had to pick myself up off the floor to build again.
I felt like life is out to get me, that I'm being punished for something but I think that its life testing us, making you stronger and teaching you resilience.
We wouldn't be who we are without these challenges and life experiences today.
This collection has a lot to do with that, resilience. We need resilience. We have to take those moments and those challenges by the hand and grow. Spread your wings and fly.
I have decided to write a poem with each painting and I asked my dad to write one as well to see how they make him feel as we all experience paintings differently.
'Fast heart.
Fast wings.
Flitting from one moment to the next.
One flower alone cannot feed the heart.
So we move forward
toward something new,
something better.
Seeking the nectar
that nourishes our hearts,
our souls.
When our legs grow weak
in the coldest moments,
wrap yourself in the warmth of summer sun.
Strengthen.
Shine.
Trust your path
you were meant to light the sky,
like fireflies.'
By Eleanor Birch
'Hummingbird here and hummingbird there.
Hovering and buzzing mastering the air.
Your search for nectar your elixir of life.
Your need so pressing, no time for strife.
From flower to flower seeking nectar power.
While seeding more life every daylight hour.
Dancing on the sunbeam that feeds your desire.
Energising life from leaf to flower
Your tiny body manifest life's beautiful vibration.
Your wings, your heart a singing sensation.
Divine chemistry sustains every step that we tread.
In the web of life each an unmissable thread.'
By Ian Birch
