Glyn Canney | Illustrator and Artist

In 2005, award winning TV producer, Glyn Canney, broke her spine in a horse riding accident. Confronted with the prospect of life changing injuries, she decided to pursue a different career as an artist.

‘When you’re faced with a cataclysmic event that changes the fundamental dynamics of your entire life, you either embrace that change or flounder and drown. I chose to look at what I could do, rather than what I couldn’t. I knew my health problems would compromise my ability to work in the demanding and frenetic world of film and television, so I had to reassess my strengths and weaknesses and find something that would fulfil my creative ambitions and channel my imagination. Art, in many ways, is similar to producing a film; it's a combination of creativity and pure hard graft. Now sculpture and illustration have become my passion, and I strive to improve with each new piece of artwork I produce. Being disabled is challenging, but it doesn’t mean you can’t still fulfil your dreams - they just might have to be different dreams. And anyway, life without a challenge is no life at all.’