My Creative Career Artist Work
Research supports that people who play and daydream are more creative (Sawyer. R.K, 2011).
Explorative creativity from an autistic lens. No agenda, genre or style. I choose to be creatively present and paint, sketch or draw what shows up.
I started art classes in early 2020, and then the Covid pandemic hit. I continued to self-teach myself and inspiration from Instagram and many artists online. I like all genres of art but love creating female forms and pen sketching. I have done some oils on canvas, chalks, acrylics and art journaling, and I find it very therapeutic. In 2021 I started a two-year master’s program on well-being and am currently doing my thesis this year.
​Returning to academia, I discovered I was neurodivergent, and I was officially confirmed as autistic in November 2021. I realised how important the creative process has been to stop me from unravelling mentally and emotionally. I spent many years chronically ill and had many recurrent miscarriages. I had to learn to walk again after major spinal surgery, and I wish I had embraced this process earlier as I feel it would have helped me recover quicker.
​I think visually, and my art then helps me process verbally and make other powerful connections in my research work. I feel very grateful that I discovered my autism at 45 years of age and have always said I will make it my life’s work after my research in time. This portfolio is an opportunity to start my online portfolio and learn as I go since I am still a beginner. To embrace and absorb more inspiration and share my artwork will help me build my artistic and autistic confidence and help me heal many aspects of my whole self.
