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In 2017, I co-wrote a story about a lost polar bear; seven days pass before he is reunited with his mother. This watercolour painting captures a feeling akin to sheer joyfulness – an emotion often felt on Christmas Day. Sometimes the best gifts to be had, and not always available to us all, is the unconditional love of a mother, especially on a day when all appears at a loss.

‘It was late on Moon’s Day, on the day now known as Christmas, when the snow curtain finally lifted; the young polar bear no longer on his own. Nearing the Labrador Sea, a mother and her small cub were reunited – the village of Black Tickle unaware of The Lost Polar Bear…