Shirley Hamilton

It’s Time to Fly

About

As a child, I was told that I could not draw because my map of Italy looked like a boot!

Several years ago, 2016, I started with symbolic paintings, divinely inspired. I used oil pastels and changed to oil paints. I enjoyed new challenges and discovered the side effect was that painting was improving my mental health, having had a history of depression. I found that inspiration and creativity started to flow again in my life and learned that I was, in fact, opening new neural pathways in my brain!

I listened to relaxing music while painting, which created a peaceful atmosphere. Minutes would turn into hours, and sometimes, I would paint for five to six hours at a time.

I was also inspired to paint Tasmanian landscapes as my son and his family had moved to Tasmania and I was amazed at the dramatic scenery and colourful seas and sunsets when he sent photographs he had taken on the family’s adventures!

I am now 75 years old and enjoy painting more than ever. I believe everyone was created to create!