Blooms of Nigeria

I recently took part in a wonderful project called Blooms of Nigeria - a collaborative project started by Rebecca Bradley and Janna Morton, where women artists are drawing flowers for each of the 180 kidnapped Nigerian girls. My name to illustrate was "Ruth" which means "friend" or "companion", so I drew Ruth a bloom of flowers (below). 

I started to think about what Ruth is like as a person…and I hope Ruth and the girls return safe. xxx

I have attached a selection of illustrations by other artists below. Please visit the Blooms of Nigeria blog here to see many of the other illustrations. x

 for Ruth by Flora Waycott

for Asabe by Katy Smail

for Yana by Claire Softly

for Esther by Yebin Mun

for Hauwa by Lydia Nichols

xxx