She adds: “I’m truly proud and honoured to champion Jess as part of my dear community of female artists, together reinforcing the belief in supporting women, inspiring, and encouraging each other tirelessly.”

The feeling is very much mutual. Bird says: “As an artist working primarily for the fashion industry, I get a lot of my inspiration from fashion designers like Roksanda who use such amazing colours and shapes that are endlessly inspirational to me.”

She adds: “But wider than that I am drawn to interesting unique faces, unconventional and unexpected relationships between colours and objects, energy and movement. I want to hold onto the energy felt when I am creating the piece, energy that is only in that moment. When I draw live backstage at Roksanda for example, the high intensity environment, combined with a more limited selection of materials and the physicality of the moment, means I produce work that is a snapshot of those few minutes, seconds even, that I share with a model, capturing only the most important details. I want that energy to be present and felt in all my work.”

With Christmas coming up, it’s a busy time for events, and Bird. In addition to working through some private commissions, she’ll be live illustrating guest portraits at brand events. You can also catch her work in two London group shows from December 8 at FRMD in Clapton and at a group show in collaboration with Dave Buonaguidi for The Big Issue in Hackney Wick. It finishes a successful 2022 for Bird, which also saw her collaborate with Marks & Spencer on three T-shirt designs that were sold online and in stores around the UK earlier this summer.

She concludes: “My grandad bought and wore one and friends were sending me photos of strangers wearing them in the streets from around the world. To have had full trust by one of the UK’s iconic stalwart high street names, to design whatever I liked is pretty exciting.”