In 2022, I was struggling with my mental health but still trying to work full time.  We also had our daughter and grand daughters move back home and so something had to give!  I reduced my hours at work but eventually, took the brave step to give up my job completely.  This meant I could concentrate more on art.  Interestingly, I became less inspired by online art classes and instead, began to paint in my own style and become more and more inspired by the things around me and choosing my own subjects.  I also collaborated on some paintings with my grand daughters, allowing them to add paint wherever they wanted to - you can see this in the first painting pictured below.