Bereavement Card for Huisartsenpraktijk Hoornsemeer

Dr Hylke Wieringa approached me to design a bereavement card for his GP Surgery, so they can send them to people within the community when they've experienced a loss. It was a very interesting and valuable challenge to balance the feelings of wanting to show support and to acknowledge the loss.

I thought about how suffocating grief can feel and felt drawn to draw the open sky, with a Dutch landscape in the background - as the surgery is based in The Netherlands - and a flock of birds to show togetherness in an illustration that allows you to breathe.

I used soft watercolour and pencil for the birds, allowing them to be slightly transparent.