Meet Jaala Spiro

Spending the last three years battling Loing Coivd following her illness in 2020, Jaala gradually gave up her identity as an employer, business owner and knitwear designer with Kniitcircus Yarns, unable to work and only able to perform limited household tasks.

In the fall of 2023, she discovered that taking oxygen gave her some more energy, a creative drive to paint emerged, and she’s been tapping into into that healing force daily. Since negative thoughts literally make her health worse, painting allows her to create positivity and celebrate to joy of being alive.

Living in Bristol, UK, surrounded by street art, she began painting daily with a new appreciation for the oxygen bubbles and plants that make them. Her work is meant to tap into and evoke joy.