Ukon Artwork - Branches In The Breeze Set:Triptych a longtime friend and collaborator

a longtime friend and collaborator of Tim and Lizzie

where fruit trees and flowering branches create an elegant architecture

yet retains a wonderfully organic character

The fallen string and checkerboard motifs are improvisations that came to Thomas while he was stitching the original pill

Ukon Artwork - Branches In The Breeze Set:Triptych a longtime friend and collaboratorThe cherry blossom has been favoured among artists for centuries, for its natural grace and symbolic value. Each spring the cherry blossom tree returns to life; it is reborn. The gestural, hand painted brushstrokes capture the fleeting beauty of these blossoms, against the elegant lustre of a silk ground. Branches gently sway in the wind with the odd blossom fluttering off a branch, evoking the feeling a gentle breeze on a balmy spring, says Sophie