PAINTING & CREATIVITY

No, I haven’t changed my artistic inclinations. However, even though I love seeing my dining/lounge room walls come alive with colour, it doesn’t take a great deal of concentration to wield a brush. So while operating on autopilot Isabella- the protagonist in the novel I’m working on is coming to life.

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