14/10/2026
Its 2 a.m. I’m sitting on a mezzanine, absolutely shi**ing myself. 🥹
Below me, a jazz band plays.
Trapeze artists fly through the air.
People wander through Melbourne’s BMW Edge at Federation Square, watching artists create.
And for the next two hours, they get to watch me paint. 😳
Me. An introvert who usually paints at home.
I nearly didn’t go.
But somewhere around 2008, I said yes to painting at a 48-hour arts festival, and now strangers stand behind me, watching every brushstroke.
I tune into the piano and keep painting.
People stop. They linger. They ask questions.
“How long have you painted?”
“Why the butterfly?” (even then a butterfly 🦋)
Then:
“Can I buy it when you finish?”
Imagine nearly staying home and missing that question.
I’d spent so much time painting on my own. Now people wanted to watch. Talk about my work. Take a piece home.
That night still ranks among the best of my life.
People often ask how I got into marketing.
The thread runs right through my life: poetry, images, painting, photography.
Eventually, I brought those skills into business, mixed them with data and found work I love.
But I still think about the woman on the mezzanine.
How close she came to saying no.
How much opened up when she let people see what she could do.
Maybe you’ve got something you love creating, too. Something you keep polishing at home, wondering whether anyone would want to pay for it.
Give them a chance to find out.
On Friday, we’ll work on turning what you do into an offer you can put in front of people.
Come with what you know. Leave knowing what you’re selling.
🎨 Create an Offer That Sells
Friday, Oct. 16 | 10 a.m.–noon
Wide Bay Women’s Health Centre, Hervey Bay
$20 | 5 spots left
Comment "OFFER" and I will see you there! 👇