Three years ago, my daughter said to me, “You can’t paint.” Her words stopped me. I had always thought of myself as artistic, yet I realised that in her seven years she had never seen me pick up a paintbrush. She had never witnessed what I considered a core part of who I am. That moment became a turning point for my artistic practise. I spent the following year drawing and painting for myself, allowing my style to emerge organically. I returned again and again to landscapes,