Born in 1984 in Ascot, England to two courageous parents, HVB spent the majority of her childhood and adolescent years traveling. Living mostly in the North Island of New Zealand, Hannah found inspiration from such designs as a fern frond unfurling, breaking waves on the beach and Maori iconography. Markers on paper with colorful, child-like nostalgia often resonate from her drawings. Living the later half of her life in America, Hannah often longs for Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud.