​An enormous thank you and wholehearted appreciation must go to my editor, Kat Harvey of Athena Copy, a member of the Edinburgh Editors’ Network and the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. I know she will be embarrassed by me saying this, but: I cannot thank you enough for the work you have put in, in making my dream of completing and publishing this book come true. Without your professional eye for spotting my, all too frequent, errors, your advice and your questioning of the parts, which if they had been left, would have confused the reader, this book may never have been ready to face my discerning readership. Your command of the English language has brought my combined work of painting and writing together. I will be forever grateful.