My family felt my mental health was deteriorating and gave me a digital art pad in 2021 to give me an introduction to art and an outlet to help me cope with life's stresses.
I started by tracing known pieces of Art and recolouring them. This was very relaxing and the excitement of creating the new colourscape started to push me towards creating my pieces.
My sister in law, who has always been an artist, helped and encouraged my development and in 2025 she was curating an exhibition as part of a Fringe event in Swindon and invited me to place in 2 pieces, an amazing feeling, so I did!
As part of the Fringe event I applied to an Artbrut exhibition as well and was accepted by the curator Steve Light (SLART) who has become a mentor and a friend. The pieces below are in date order and show my progression.

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