Barbara Myers is an artist - A painter and sculptor who sees her art as so much more than just her career - it's an extension of who she is.  But until Barbara was in her forties, she'd never even picked up a paintbrush. The story of what led her to walk into a shop one day and buy a canvas is one of both huge individual loss and personal resilience. How do you reconcile the fact that without experiencing such pain you wouldn't have the very thing that brings you so much joy?

As told to Sam Walker