These photos were taken by my biggest fan, the lovely Nat Taylor.

This was still in our first year together and he was happy to watch me paint and keep topping up my wine. He did admit later that he hadn’t noticed I was painting, he was just trying to take a picture of my boobs.

I choose to believe that he was joking as he remains my biggest fan and has insisted we put up the paintings that I have and also photos of those that are with their owners, all over the house. No seriously, my paintings are in every room.

With my parents so far away, it is lovely to have somebody support my creative endeavors…I see it as the equivalent of mum putting my childhood pictures – good and bad – on the fridge.