Anna Maria hasn't always been an artist. She was once a general practitioner in Odense. But one day her body and soul said stop. She collapsed with stress and had to let go of the clinic – and the identity she had built up.

Her path back was through nature and horses. She used equine-assisted therapy to heal and through it found a new way to help others. For several years, Anna Maria worked as a therapist for people with anxiety, stress and grief – and wrote two books about how animals and nature can calm the nervous system and transform darkness and pain into strength and magic.

It was only when she was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (Asperger's) in connection with her burnout that she truly saw herself clearly. She discovered that her greatest strength was not in fitting into systems – but in her creativity and intuitiveness. She could no longer ignore herself in order to help others. She had to find a home within herself.

And she found that home in art.

As a child, Anna Maria drew all the time. Today, she paints – especially horses – to soothe, uplift and bring people home to themselves. When you look at one of Anna Maria's works, she wants it to feel like therapy in your own living room. She is not present as a therapist – but her art is.