Once upon a time I had a successful career as a marketing specialist and graphic designer, living an existence that everyone, including myself, perceived as happy and fulfilling. Then one horrible day, a personal tragedy struck my life. To paraphrase a line from William Butler Yeats, 'All changed, changed utterly: a terrible beauty was born.'
No longer able to function or focus in my previous 'semi-charmed life,' I turned to painting for refuge and restoration. In this new world of color and expression, I found inner stores of strength and ability I never knew I had. I...more
