Cable Forum - Josie Russell launches first art show on Anglesey

Who? I hear you say..So did I..But it's nice to see that out of tragedy can come positive results..:)

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A young woman seriously injured in a brutal hammer attack which killed her mother and sister has started exhibiting as an artist. Josie Russell, 23, her mother Lin and sister Megan were targeted by Michael Stone in Chillenden, Kent, in 1996.
Josie, who later moved to Wales with her father, said she is fed up with being recognised for her past but has "learned to live with it"

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Now 15 of her works are going on show in Anglesey.
Ms Russell has spoken of her excitement about putting on her first exhibition at Plas Newydd, a National Trust property on the island
After gaining a degree in graphic design, she has been selling her pictures, which include landscapes of north Wales, for up to Â£200

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-n...wales-11476354