Here’s the first stage of a large A1 drawing I started on Thursday evening using the poppies in our front garden as a starting point. I made a small sketch on Monday which I will share after I’ve shared the stages of the drawing so far. I’m exploring the theme of family, hence the poppy family idea. I’m thinking of Medea with her boys as a trio and when they were with Jason. There’s a trio of poppy heads in this, very close. I’m also including fleece like spirals in the opposite corner. There’s an area of undergrowth which I’m calling ‘the thicket’ which is also pulling me in the centre. It feels metaphoric, but it is just beginning at the moment. I am staying open to where this work takes me. I’m reading and watching medea related stuff all the time too.