A friend inspired me to pick up a paint brush again in 2010 after a lengthy hiatus that began when I left my home country of Germany and began a new life in England. With the daily struggle of life compounded by mastering another language there was no time to continue my childhood passions of writing and drawing. I met a man, we married and had two sons and life dragged me along in its giddy path. The creative streak came back stronger than ever after that friendly push in 2010 and the brush or pencil or pastel felt so natural in my grip. I became interested in art again and...more