DAIRY farmer Jo Harper's journey to becoming an artist began in 2022 after her mother was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

"I said to a friend 'I need to get away from the farm and the kids', and I went to a ‘paint and sip night’ to sip - not paint," Ms Harper said.

Little more than three years later, Ms Harper's striking contemporary realist works now adorn the walls of the Cohuna Art ...