‘Yearning for Spring’ is contemplative and welcoming, although it begins its journey addressing loss and regret it arrives to emanate warmth and comfort. The carefully selected foraged pigments convey nature’s calming agency. Each of the pigments carries a cultural, political and ecological history that matches the artist’s sentiments. The alchemically inspired practice narrates a tender and harmonious aesthetic; combining Yew ash, London rust, Margate chalk, Cindy-Indian lapis lazuli, North Macedonian earth and ruby wax pigment on extra fine linen. The process and journey of ‘Yearning for Spring’ begins with each connection between the artist and each material, long before the painting comes to life. Being in its presence demonstrates that when we experience harmony we become it.