I have been very fortunate to have many clients who gave me the freedom to pursue my own artistic interests; my clients for Noah's Arke were one such couple. At this time I was interested in illuminated manuscripts; the 8th-century Beatus of Liebana was especially influential. I was inspired by its use of colour and many formal compositional devices from the manuscript. The use of text is very common in Medieval tapestry - these words come from the Old Testament and from Sir Walter Raleigh's 17th-century History of the World.