Vaida Saudargiene, a Lithuanian-born living in Ireland for the last 2 decades. Found art in her youth, however had to abandon it as life took her on a different path. She re-discovered her passion during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020 and it became an escape route away from the daily worries and routine which hung around like a dark cloud. With art, a new chapter in her life opened up just as she read her mid-life, which has been a welcome change.