I began painting in 1995. My girlfriend at the time painted and I wanted to give it a try. I wanted to have something else on my walls at home, something I made myself and not posters like 'everyone' else. I gave my first painting to my grandmother. 'Oh, very nice' she said...and put it in her wardrobe. The painting never saw the sun again. Since that painting I have made > 100 other ones. I have learnt by experience how I must do. I am self taught. Painting is just a hobby of mine, my favourite...more