Birds of a feather flock together

Everyone’s ‘vegan awakening’ is different — for Mortimer Sparrow, it took meeting an unexpected, injured soul, to help her to see the truth. Now, Mort dedicates her time to rescuing and rehabilitating wild birds and uses her artistic talent to spread the vegan messages of equality and freedom. We catch up with the artist to find out how it all got started.

Have you always been interested in art and illustration?

Always, when I first saw what artists could create from nothing, I just thought it was pure magic and it became my obsession! I grew up on a pretty rough estate and looking back, we didn’t have as much money as a lot of people I went to school