In Pursuit of Happiness - PRIDE - May 2008

In Pursuit of Happiness!

In Pursuit of Happiness!
Source: PRIDE
Published: May 2008
Author: Cynthia Lawrence

In Pursuit of Happiness - PRIDE - May 2008

Adelaide Damoah, from medical representative to professional artist.

I was a very artistic child, but my parents pushed me towards a more academic career. I took my degree in Applied Biology and did art whenever I could. If I wasn’t partying or doing the usual things students do, I was often sketching or painting something.

I landed a job with a leading pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, but in 2000 I was diagnosed with Endometriosis. It was frightening, especially when I realised that infertility was a possibility. After a second operation, I was off work for five months. During that time I was bored and in a lot of physical pain, and I started thinking about my future. At the time I wasn’t planning a career in art but I started investing more passion into my artwork. I was simply doing something that could take my mind away from the pain.

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