A wee while ago I raced out my front door after our neighbour's cat who had a baby Rabbit we had got to know, in her mouth, he was squealing loudly. I held a vision of her dropping him as I chased her and she did! He ran away and disappeared into the hedgerow.

A few days later Mum appeared outside our cottage and sat looking in at us. I asked her if I might take some photos and she agreed. She also wanted to share her thanks to me for saving her baby boy. She sat watching us for many minutes until she was sure I had received her message.

I wanted to share her beauty with you in this Polychromos pencil piece on white 150gsm Goldline Cartridge Paper – A4.

The Thankful Visitor is the first piece in my Wild Britain Collection.