A long and difficult abusive marriage; endless debts; a painful separation… All this dramatic combination it could have ruined his life. However, thanks to her resilience and his talent, the story was different: nice snowdon (52) if became a millionaire.
Yes, this is one of those (few) cases that combine overcoming abilitycreativity, effort and a more than positive result: a bank account with more than 6 zeros in which they are today more than a million dollars.
Though she hadn’t drawn since leaving school, the woman had become one professional animal portraitist at age 45.
He did it in 2016, after his daughter will give him a painting notebook and pencils at the height of the adult coloring book craze.
The story of Bonny Snowdon: the crisis that made her a millionaire
Bonny Snowdon yes three children and lives in Ripon, North Yorkshire, Great Britain. His story was published in The mirror and in the article he tells that he took advantage of the coloring books as a way to escape her abusive marriage.
“Creativity is a portal to another world”highlighted Bonny, who today has more than 200,000 followers on her social networks, in dialogue with the outlet.
And he clarified: “It allows us to disappear from our daily lives, and if you don’t lead a very pleasant life, that’s the most amazing thing. It calms the mind: ‘hands busy, mind quiet’ goes the saying, and it is so true. Creativity in any form is, in my opinion, essential for healthy minds. I know how helpful it has been for me to disappear for hours with my coloring book”.
What happened to Bonny is what happens to many women and she is silent, silent. For 19 years she has faced the psychological abuse in your marriage.
Her husband suffered from it depression and had strong outbursts of angerwhich forced the family to huddle in a debt spiral for more than $27,000 (£22,000) which has become virtually impossible to get out of.
Naturalize the situation in order to be able to bear it, Bonny recalled in the interview with The mirror what did he have Fear to talk about certain topics and the money he was the boss.
“I was too afraid to tell him about the need to pay the bills, I ended up pulling the credit cards and over time the debt skyrocketed.”he confessed.
Eventually, despite the support she tried to give her husband, she left home and committed suicide in 2020.
Sad for the dramatic end that her husband had had, having to pay the mutual of the house and with obligation to support three children and three dogsthe future seemed more than dark.
“I remember feeling bad all the time, trying to be good to the kids and running my then brand new business“He remembered that moment.
“The struggle to survive”, the secret of success
Bonny, who dropped out of school at the age of 15 and started her working life serving tea in an advertising agency, now claims that the struggle to survive gave him even more impetus to ensure his fledgling business was successful.
THE “Bonny Snowdon Academy” it now has 2,500 alumni, mainly women over the age of 45 from all over Britain who want to learn to create realistic drawings of your favorite animalsfrom dogs and cats to horses or pigs.
But besides the institute, the woman also leads Fine Art by Bonny Snowdoncompany specializing in creating hyper-realistic pet portraits in which you have a waiting list of 1500 customers.
And to help women who are going through a situation similar to the one you went through, supports a domestic abuse and sexual assault charity by donating scholarships.
Fortunately, her resilience has paid off. By 2023, it expects its two businesses to generate a combined total of nearly 1.5 million dollars (1 million British pounds)more than double what he earned last year.
Source: Clarin
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