“It is of great enjoyment doing my art and of great interest as well because it makes me feel so good. All the different materials you can use: acrylics, inks, watercolours, oils, pastels. It excites me because of all that comes out of it. I get power out of it - and I feel I could do it forever and ever. I get a great excitement out of it. When I was 5 years old, I dreamt of being an artist but I was limited at school.” Brenda Cook is a member of Artists First, Bristol. She is an artist in her late seventies and believes in art as a way of bringing together all people, whatever their age.