I've loved art and painted my whole life, from earlier than my memory begins. At boarding school and University, I would cram in every art class I could. I painted to relax, to restore, for the fun it brought me. In truth I painted because I felt compelled to from somewhere deep and close to the core of who I am. I painted for clients, for my own house, and for no reason at all. After 20 years in Interior Design I felt burnt out, questioning for what purpose I was trading my life for.  That was when art started to call to me the loudest. When I began to paint as my job, I suddenly found myself tied up in worry, questioning my work and ability, and stuck. I had to find a way back to the joy that painting used to bring me. So I thought about the most purely joyful and free artists I could think of and how they created. A child at play doesn't ask if they are good enough, they just enjoy the squish of the paint. And so I started experimenting. I painted on the end of long poles, blind folded, with things that weren't meant for painting, anything I could think of that sounded like fun. It was like a switch. As soon as I invited play, kicked out concern for what I was making, inspiration and the fun that art used to bring me flooded back in again. It has become a passion of mine now, art play and I have started developing art play projects that anyone can do at home with their friends, so that they can tap into all the good that creativity, flow state, play and joy brings to life.