Narelle Whitman has achieved a lot in just a year.
After she was diagnosed with ADHD, mild dyslexia and mild autism in December last year, she found a way to channel frustrations with her newly found limitations through art, becoming an advocate in the process.
“I never thought of art as some kind of career or something that I could actually give back, which is even more important to me than fame or money,” Narelle said.
During a very low part of her life last year, she sought the help of Inter Reach.
“A lady from Inter Reach came out here to Moulamein have a chat and asked me what I wanted out of life,” she said.
“The biggest thing for me was that I wanted to teach my youngest daughter how to paint.”
Since then, Narelle wrote a book about her life called Landscapes of the Heart and Mind, trained her own assistance dog and teaches art to other people with unseen disabilities.
She now dabbles in all kinds of art, from painting and mosaics to jewellery making and glass work.
No matter the medium, Narelle allows her creative spirit take over when making art.
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