Author: allisonart22
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Post: 10 Questions Asked to All.is.on
When did you know you wanted to be an artist? At 16 years old. Why did you not follow the dream then? Unemployment rife in the North. Needed a secure job. Played schools as a child…..so naturally I became a teacher! Did you give up on your dream? No, I kept being creative by teaching…
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Post: The beginning…..
I wanted to study art. However, growing up in Yorkshire in the miners’ strike you didn’t do that! You had to have a sensible job. At 16, my careers’ teacher, (you had one then), didn’t think girls should be thinking outside of the area. He thought I could be a hairdresser. Really, with eczema! He…