Since 2015 I have been implementing minimalist ideas into my life. There have been a lot of positive effects because of this lifestyle change but the one I want to talk about today was how this helped me to develop my art style.

The lockdown is ending, it’s been more than a year. It took time to adjust to it. Mostly to adjust to the anxiety and uncertainty of what would happen next in my life.

Now the lockdown is ending and I feel so glad it is. Again mostly because the blanket of anxiety that the pandemic caused is lifting. Businesses will run again, my day job is secured, I can apply for illustration jobs at companies that are still running.

So I made a pattern based on avocados. And you might be wondering, “why avocados? Is your millennial heart so drawn to them that you now need to venerate them in art?” And partly yes, but the real reason is that I want to make art accessible to anyone who wants it! And avocados are a common favourite of many.

When I at down to paint this painting it had been 7 years since i last touched acrylic paint to canvas and I was scared.