About A Colourful Mess

I’m Rony — Psychologist, Artist & Mum — and A Colourful Mess is where all the parts of me come together.

My abstract art story actually began in Kindergarten. For our end-of-year painting, I splattered colour across the page, only to have my teacher tell me it wasn’t a “proper” picture and hand me a fresh sheet. I tried again — faster this time — hoping she’d see how wonderful it could be. Nope. Same reaction. In the end, I painted a house, a person, and rain (see below). But that little painter in me never really disappeared.

For years, my art became careful, detailed botanical drawings. I loved them (and still do), but over time the process often felt more like work than freedom. Then one night, I pulled out some old canvases and new paints and simply played. It felt electric — like reconnecting with a part of myself that had been quietly waiting all this time to splash colour around again.

That experience felt deeply connected to the work I do as a psychologist. At the heart of therapy is helping people loosen the internal rules, expectations, fears, and self-doubt that stop them from fully expressing who they are. When those blocks begin to soften, people often reconnect with a more authentic, alive version of themselves.

Painting has become that process for me too. When I paint intuitively — letting go of perfection, overthinking, and the need to “get it right” — I reconnect with freedom, playfulness, and self-expression. My hope is that my work invites others to experience a little of that too: to feel freer, more connected, and more fully themselves.

Each piece is created to brighten a space, spark inspiration, bring joy, and remind us that we don’t always need to follow the rules — in art, or in life.