A LATENT talent for painting has reawakened in a Winsford man who’s returned to his brushes and canvases to help manage his mental health during lockdown. Garry Simpson, of Brecon Way in Winsford, has been prolific during the pandemic, producing more than 120 paintings to cope with his anxiety, depression, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. And it’s also been a way for him to feel connected to his late grandmother, Kath, the woman who encouraged his flair for art as a child and who enabled him to pursue his passion for painting once again as an adult. After suffering a breakdown in February 2017 which he says left him feeling suicidal, Garry’s life fell apart to the point where he was no longer able to work. When Kath died in 2018, Garry hadn’t been able to see her, something he found incredibly painful.