Flossy Bo Peep did not come out as intended but I am so glad she did!
I thought I was going to create the next Botanical girl in my series but she had other intentions.
 
After I drew her, I knew she needed to have only black outlines and no paint. Her pink hair reminded me of fairy floss/cotton candy. 
 
I had been doing a lot of shadow work, looking at events in my life that shaped me. Events that I keep going back to over and over again. I wrote 14 pages in one sitting just around one person. I have so much more to go.
 
One time in my life that I always go back to is 1988 which was a hell of a year. My Nanny died, I had a loss of innocence and my parents got divorced.
That year reminds me of who I want to be, what I want for myself and my family.
It made me a stronger more empathetic person. 
I don't hold onto any of those events as bad things. I am grateful for the good and the bad because there is always a lesson to be learned.
 
That is Flossy Bo Peep's message. Embrace change, transitions and challenges. Don't dwell on them. Acknowledge them and learn from them and use those experiences to grow and be a better person.
 
Bo Peep were the Darrell Lea boiled lollies in a jar that my Nanny would buy me sometimes when I went to visit. The coloured background reminds me of them. 
 
Framed measurement is 52.5x42.5x4.5cm