Angela Harding has lived in Rutland in the UK since 1988. She first arrived as Artist in Residence at Uppingham School and has been inspired by the British countryside ever since. She has a love for familiar garden birds and makes quick scribbles when she sees them out in the wild, so that she can develop them into formal designs in her studio. The Common is an illustration of Minchinhampton common in Gloucestershire which resides on chalk land and is a refuge for orchids, blue butterflies and meadow pipits. It is a wonderful piece of the natural world in a busy commuter belt.