“Being among flowers, in a garden or florists shop, fills me with joy. Flowers are my greatest passion (along with my cats!), and I’ve been obsessed with painting them since I can consciously remember. I have spent my life researching the original naturalist masters, and honing my skill with watercolours and very fine brushes.

I am devoted to colour, fresh, light, deep and dramatic, colours are everything in my work, and using them in different combinations endlessly inspires me. My aim is to combine all the most beautiful classical elements of design in a fresh new way, so that the result is whimsical, enchanting, and simply wonderful to look at. I am compelled to paint and create; it feeds my spirit and makes me whole.”

Kelly Higgs is also a wife, mother of three children and proudly South African!

Thank you Kelly for collaborating with us and sharing the heartbeat of Hadassa xx