Finally the Season of outdoor activity and growth begin. Our garden muse Emily Bratt - another kind of garden designer and slow flower devotee, always inspire us.

Maakestad's artwork takes several forms; painting, illustration, collage, ceramic. She often works with a muted color palette and a decorative sparseness which feels pleasantly instinctual. The cropping in the compositions in Isis paintings increases the dynamics of her subjects and gives space for an unknown narrative. Significantly she never let perfection ruin her art.