“They said there’s a 50 per cent chance that everything will go well, and I’ll be walking again in no time.
“Or it could be crutches and wheelchair, the rest of my life, because with this condition, I’m going paralysed.”
Ms Rosbrook said she started painting to keep her mind active as she lost physical mobility.
“I started with the paint by numbers, but then as I came along, I started doing my own designs,” she said.
“I like a mixture themes, whatever I feel drawn to, but I really do like black and white. I like to paint with oil, I can use other paints, but I prefer oil.”
Ms Rosbrook paints at home and at Horsham’s Community Inclusion, and has exhibited her work at Horsham and Natimuk agricultural shows.
“If I can’t go out, then I just do it at home, I listen to some music, and because we’ve got dogs at home, my little doggy will actually come up and lay in a little bed beside me,” she said. “Sometimes I can just paint for maybe 30 minutes to an hour, but sometimes I do at least three to four hours, depending on how I feel.”
Ms Rosbrook will spend four to five days in Sydney, and depending on recovery, will return to Melbourne for rehabilitation.
“They were going to do it in Melbourne, but the cyst has doubled in size so I had to find another surgeon that was willing to do it,” she said.
“It’s not covered by NDIS or by any sort of medical help, I have do it on my own.”
Ms Rosbrook will list about 10 paintings, priced from $150 to $200 each in the hope of raising about $1000, through the app Whatnot and Horsham buy, swap, sell pages.
– Bronwyn Hastings
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