“Family Will Always Fit In Any Heart Puzzle” was inspired by Virgin Radio’s DJ Kris Fade and the beautiful relationship that he has with his two daughters. As a single father, I feel that he is doing an excellent job raising two little princesses and wanted to capture that in my art.

The portrait is painted in a monochrome colour scheme with acrylic paint in different thicknesses to give a more realistic feel.

Kris and the girls really love their Koita milk and I used that to create the background. The boxes are cut to create a jigsaw puzzle, to illustrate that “Family Will Always Fit In Any Heart Puzzle” The top section of the painting have the Arabic word for family cut out of the milk boxes. Represent their Lebanese heritage and his wonderful bond with his entire family near and far.

Title: “Family Will Always Fit In Any Heart Puzzle”

Dimensions: 500mm x 500mm

Medium: Mixed Medium (Acrylic Paint, Koita Milk boxes)

About the author, Mariska

Hi and welcome! My name is Mariska. I am originally from South Africa, but now call the world my home. I am an artist, designer, environmentalist, podcast host and speaker.

I started the Mama Earth Talk podcast in 2018 to share some of the things that I learned about just how easy it can be to reduce your impact on the environment. This then quickly grew into a forum that showcases the amazing things that many people are doing to make the planet better, and further into a source of hope and inspiration for many. A few of the amazing guests include Zero Waste Queen, Bea Johnson, Claude Silver, Kathryn Kellogg and zero waste chef Max La Manna.

If you do not already I urge you to follow me and my journey on social media (@designbymariska), and to refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot your own waste using the handy tips I post!