As a nature-obsessed 4-year-old, my dad gave me a book on how to draw animals. The first drawing I made from the book was of a black-and-white rabbit. I can see it now — a bold, if somewhat naive interpretation of the example illustration — but I was proud that I’d made a “recognisable” image. My dad straightaway put the drawing in a small frame and stood it in a prominent position on the sideboard in our hallway. From that moment, I was hooked. Sadly, the drawing was lost over the years, but my passionate desire to create was not — being still present and at the very forefront of my day-to-day life.
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