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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Paula Cocozza

A new start after 60: ‘I’ve finally become the artist I always felt I was inside’

Anne Henriksen at home in Totnes, Devon
‘I am having the best time in my life, ever’ … Anne Henriksen at home in Totnes, Devon. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian

Anne Henriksen dreamed of becoming an artist throughout her life. Now, at 67, she says she has finally become “the artist I always felt I was inside”.

Henriksen grew up in Sweden, but the family moved around a lot. “Every year and a half, Dad would apply for higher and higher jobs.” Her father wanted Henriksen to go to university. But when she changed schools at 15, she became unsettled and her grades began to slip.

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