The Embrace of a Summer Morning is a digital embroidery that captures the moment a window is opened at the beginning of a summer’s day in the UK. The air is still cool, but the light has changed and warmth is beginning to arrive. Birds call and move among the leaves, flowers and branches, while the garden gradually emerges from the night.

The composition holds this brief pause between darkness and full daylight, when colours appear fresh, sounds remain gentle and the day has not yet asked anything of you. It is a work about anticipation: the quiet certainty that the weather will lift, the light will strengthen and a long summer day lies ahead.