&lsquo;Japanese Cats Gossip&rsquo;, Acrylic on canvas. It was a painful process, and strictly naive since I had no idea what to do with canvas (and actually had to tape it down halfway while painting, since I didn&rsquo;t know these things curled as you color!). The outlines has to be short and thick too with pitfalls along the way. But at the same time the process absorbed me so much. It made me think a great deal, and sometimes not at all. I&rsquo;ve fallen in love with painting, I consider myself lucky to fall in love again ( after my husband). I used to worry that I have no teachers, no formal training. But I read somewhere that people struggle to find their &lsquo;innocence&rsquo; or identity after art school, maybe this na&iuml;vet&eacute; should be something I&rsquo;m proud of. It doesn&rsquo;t matter. It is peaceful, all of it. Even the imperfections.