Simon Drew was born in England in 1952. He is an artist, illustrator and author of 21 books. His specialty is illustrations that capitalize on pun and wit. Most of Drew's works feature animals. His illustrations have been printed on tea towels, aprons, mugs, cards, and T-shirts.
Artists usually create pen-and ink-drawings by making a pencil sketch on paper first. They redraw the lines with permanent or semi-permanent pen and fill back in with either colored ink, watercolor, gouache, watercolor pencil or colored pencil. Drew uses colored pencil to add color to his drawings.
Avocados are best eaten when they are soft to the touch. A ripe avocado retains its dark green color but might begin to turn slightly black. If you cut and eat them when they are bright green and firm, they will taste bitter and the flavor will not be fully developed. If you wait too long, the flesh of the avocado will develop undesirable gray and black rotten spots. It can be difficult to know the right time to cut open an avocado, hence the subject matter for Drew's "Seven Stages" piece.
You can view a copy of "The Seven Stages of an Avocado" online and can purchase a tea towel portraying it from galleries and boutiques that represent Drew.