The Painted Perspective - Sharing the journey behind the art.

Rediscovering art after motherhood changed everything. A personal story about creativity, happiness and how returning to art brought me back to myself. Recently I realised something the other day that stopped me in my tracks.  I think I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. It’s not because life is perfect. It’s not because everything always goes smoothly. Life still has its challenges, busy days and moments where things feel overwhelming. But there is something different now. And when I really sat with that thought and asked myself why, the answer came back very clearly. Art. But my journey back to creativity hasn’t been a straight line. When Creativity Took a Back Seat When I finished my degree, the world looked very different from today. Social media wasn’t part of everyday life yet, and the internet was only just beginning to change how people connected and shared their work. Back then, becoming an artist felt much harder to imagine as a realistic path. Like many graduates, I fel...