You Are My Everything

When a lovely friend asks you create something for herself and her daughter to the theme of Mem Fox's "Koala Lou" - your heart melts .....

"Koala Lou, I do love you. I always have and I always will" 

When your child is everything to you.
The bond is something unbreakable.
You would do anything for them because the love that you have for them is bigger than the ocean.

I think my illustration can suit a wide range of emotions - 
for those mothers who can't have children,
for those mothers who have lost a child,
for all those children who have lost a parent,
for those children who are feeling overwhelmed by life and just need their mother,
for those mothers who want to remember their child when they were little,
for all the new mums who are now feeling this unbelievable love and bond for their new baby,
and for all the mums and bubs or even grandmothers out there who love each other dearly.

The hardest choice will be deciding if you like it as my original sketch, or coloured (I used watercolour paints, gouache paints and poscas).