Gill Bustamante was painting for many years before she could define what her personal muse was. It took learning to draw accurately, learning to paint traditional animal portraits, trying all sorts of mediums and techniques before she finally realized she did have a ‘painting style’. This only became obvious to her a few years ago and it only happened once she had enough technical skills under her belt to feel confident enough to be more experimental. She found that what she wanted to paint were places and things that were a little bit mystical in which she could escape.
