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"There's no point in having a career or a profession unless you really enjoy it and money is not everything, there's no point being the richest person in the graveyard."Since Sibly decided to pursue his art full-time, he has not looked back."Art is a therapy … painting is my way of pouring the day's emotions onto a canvas and squishing it around."
Jolene Hewison's home, nestled in bushland in south-western WA, is decorated with whimsical ceramic forest creatures inspired by her "naughty" pet ferret Charlie."Charlie comes into my [home] studio when I'm out there and tickles my leg with her whiskers and reminds me that she's there," she said. "I grew up with a lot of music … and I rarely put music on now because I have so many birds here because of all the native plants we planted," she said.
But Singer said the tradesmen soon became supportive of his new interest and offered him materials to use.