The colourful screenprint (serigraph), Flowers & Rain was developed exclusively for Artists For Kids from an assemblage of coloured paper, prior prints, proof sheets and oil stick drawing. Layering of imagery and the careful juxtaposition of colour shapes has been a constant source of inspiration for Heywood over the years. Personal symbols combined with references to artists Kurt Schwitters and Hiroshige make the dynamic of this composition both visually rich and intellectually intriguing. It is surely J.C. Heywood at his best!