“I started painting when I was 37 years old. I wanted to bring colour into my world, as my writing was not going anywhere. I became ill and received art therapy but then went onto study painting and printmaking at the University of East London at undergraduate and masters level. At University I received encouragement and support and most of the students there were adults. Now I paint at home where I do a lot of thinking, reading and writing. I have had some of my writing published online and with several publishers. When I was at University there was a teacher who said that painting and writing should go together but I always found it difficult to combine the two. Then last year they gelled for me and I began to be interested in words and painting at the same time. You can see this interest reflected in the works’ titles.”