Gill McFarlane spent 17 years with the Royal Air Force and Royal New Zealand Airforce as an aircraft technician.
She spent time in Iraq and Afghanistan, and lives with PTSD from that period.
But an art therapy programme run by the Defence Force sparked a passion and as her painting ability has progressed, so has her recovery.
She joins Anna Thomas from her home in Blenheim..
Photo: Gill McFarlane
