Tamsin Stuart Art 

My relationship with portraits has changed. When it comes to the subject matter of a painting, I'd give anything a go, except faces. So, in the past, if people featured in my paintings it was usually from behind. This was based on an assumption I couldn't do faces. And then I thought about it again. What was that based on? I'd never actually tried. So it was the fear of the unknown and failure that had closed it off to me. But I'd never done rockets before I painted a rocket

This painting taught me a lot. And is aptly named for me. Each painting is a journey, a rollercoaster if you will, of highs and lows, much like life. That's why I love it so much. Sometimes things work, sometimes things need touching up, sometimes re-doing, sometimes re-doing a number of times. And sometimes, usually at 1am, things finally come together nicely and the high is heavenly. The first attempt at this one did not work. To the extent that I painted over it. Had only