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Penfold’s Pompeii

What does your morning routine look like?

My husband and I like to call it “the morning shit show” because it’s usually pretty chaotic: quick showers with my two young kids wandering in and out, and trying to get them dressed and ready for the day.

What does your work space look like?

It’s chaotic … lots of drying canvases leaning on walls, my trolley with paints and brushes, my easel and a stool. And piles of packaging shoved in the corner. I have a nice big window, so I get beautiful light and can see the garden outside.

Where did your love for art first begin?

I have always loved art and the act of making and creating, whether that be painting, cooking, sewing or photography. I used to write and illustrate my own stories when I was young and my dad would bind them for me into books.

As a teen, I was more into art and studied it at university, completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts. After university, I

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