This beautifully illustrated examination of James Owen Thomas’s work shows how his art and love for nature have helped him cope with autism from an early age. The condition influences his entire creative process and the subjects he depicts in his colourful collages and montages, from gathering materials such as old lottery scratchcards to sorting them by colour, visual theme and texture before hole-punching, tearing or cutting them up for assembly into mainly peaceful, calming woodland settings and wildlife, but also branching out into architecture, portraiture and the surreal. In explaining the inspiration behind his pieces and the various techniques he uses,  describes the many challenges of his autism and how he has worked through them – and with them – to become a successful artist and environmental campaigner.