Henriëtte Doornwaard

Hey everyone,

To tell something about myself sounds so easy but in reality is quite hard to put in just a few words.
I have loved nature and animals all my life and they have both influenced my world greatly. My physical state has been a huge influence as well, in a negative way regrettably. 2 huge leg surgeries greatly impared my actions. I had to stop my field archeology education, got extremely depressed, needed all sorts of therapies, discovered I'm autistic (whitch caused its own difficulties), got even more physical limitations after some sort of weird reaction my body had to activity and walked in the hospital for years without clear cause or sollution to the constant pain I'm in.
Not all has been terrible though. I got my first dog, an australian shepherd called Kyra. She got me out of my depression and is my self proclaimed service dog. My second aussie is called Lucca. Photography became a way for me to express myself. I mainly focused on nature and animals, of course Kyra and Lucca.
Regrettably I also had to give up on that since it became to taxing on my body.
I can completely loose myself in a good fantasy novel and also like to write for myself when my body allowes it.
Only very recently I have been able to hold a pencil again and start drawing a little. I've followed some video tutorials on youtube and came to love aquarel and that is where I am now, hoping on improving and finding my own style in this beautiful art form.