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It seems we’re so busy rushing into life we sometimes forget the things we knew for sure as a small child. Like our complete confidence in capturing the heat of a summer flower with a pencil and crayons. Just up the hills from Kilorglin in Co Kerry, in the idyllic setting of Carragh Lake and mountains, Pauline Bewick, one of Ireland’s most loved artists, lives amid a cluster of flowers and artist studios. Her life’s work is exhibited in the Seven Ages collection currently in Kilorglin Civic Offices and Library. Her drawings from childhood mark her seven decades and show her rich, instinctive talent flourish through the years and works like a visual autobiography. She is one of the most alive and youthful people about and now in her 75 years she still works daily and has a new exhibition due shortly which will showcase some of her recent work from China. In this week with the Irish Times marking the contribution of women in Ireland lets celebrate women like Pauline who have followed their dream, their art, their passion and made a profound difference in their world and ensured that women’s voices, stories and lives are now part of the fabric of our culture and social life. Anyone in Kilorglin or Waterford can visit Seven Ages and trace Pauline’s incredible life story. And watch out for the new collection which promises a whole new phase in the Bewick visual narrative and style to inspire and provoke.