It’s optimistic, carefully structured and pretty – and not ego-driven. The patterns of folk art are the same all over the world – and the mindset of the folk artist is recognisably the same in every culture – it’s all about privileging the group and tradition over the individual – about celebrating what unites rather than divides, about making things beautiful rather than adding to ugliness. Visually, I’m inspired by folk art, outsider art and medieval art: pattern-making as a ritual – a magical diagram of the interconnectedness of everything. I like making patterns – story patterns, and visual patterns. A Letter for Bear is his first book with Flying Eye. Previously published by Candlewick Press and Andersen Press his books include Halibut Jackson, The Robot and the Bluebird and The Lying Carpet, a richly illustrated fable for older readers. David Lucas describes his drawing as ‘knitting with ink’ and his stories are a mix of myth, fairytale and autobiography.
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