I’ve always been passionate about pigeons, their story and what they can teach us about ourselves. I relate to them in so many ways- as someone who learnt they were AuDHD later in life, it’s easy to feel you’ve been left to fend for yourself in a world not meant for you at best and that’s openly hostile at worst.

Emotional Processing and Neurodiversity wasn’t as understood when I was a child (and we still have a ways to go, let’s be honest) and this led to me drawing my own emotional support pigeons just to tell the difference between being sad and being bored. Turns out not letting yourself process your emotions doesn’t actually get rid of them- it just gives you a brain full of birds instead.

But I’m very much a “work with it or don’t” kind of gal and you can only really keep going towards the closest thing to happiness. Even if it’s just out of spite, it’s better than the alternative. I know people have a tendency to project into animals but I feel pigeons live by that in their own way. I think we can learn from them- and through my art, they’ve taught me a lot.

Whether it’s an illustrated piece, an acrylic pin or a meme redraw for that ruthless social media algorithm, the work I make highlights the emotional states we all experience and gives us the chance to connect with them. Doesn’t matter if it makes us want to fly high, wing it or spit feathers- there’s a dovecote for them all.