Since opening my heart, I’ve found it much easier to just go and paint whenever. Sounds crazy but for many years, when my heart was blocked, I wasn’t able to - it took a lot to get me into the studio and even then, sometimes I would just pace the floor and feel uneasy and not be able to do anything, as if someone had tied my hands behind my back. It used to take a lot of work to break through that invisible barrier, sometimes I did it but other times it beat me.

I look back on those days with sadness. Now I just go and paint whenever I feel like it. I don’t even have a proper studio (my old shed is going to be my painting studio as soon as I get that leaky roof fixed!) but it doesn’t matter, as long as my music is playing and I’m outside because my style of painting is very messy! The music that speaks to me at the moment is Pete Murray - LOVE, love love it! He gets me through my day, through my work and is fantastic to paint to. The painting above is called ‘So Happy’ and I’m happy to say there is no black paint used whatsoever, which is very unusual for me but definitely speaks volumes about where my heart and soul are right now. A few years back I remember doing a painting that was basically all black!!! That was a very bad time…