By Fiona Blackwood

Topic: Art

Joan Humble says she could just sit and do nothing, but that would not help her.

In short:

Joan Humble is a famous artist from Tasmania who keeps painting despite being very sick.

She is known for painting very small pictures of big landscapes.

What's next?

Her last art show is now open near Hobart.

After a lifetime of painting and winning awards, Joan Humble is having her last art show.

The 88-year-old has cancer that cannot be cured.

But she wants to keep painting as long as she can hold a brush.

I want to make the most of my time. I have work to do, so I must keep going.

In 2014, Joan Humble won a big prize for her small paintings.

She says painting helps her stay alive.

When you paint, you can't think about your body, you must think about the colors.

Painting helps her stay alive.

She paints small pictures of Tasmania's landscapes.

Her small paintings show big views of the wild.

When you look at a small painting, you see the whole picture, so it must be good.

Your eyes don't move around the painting, so it must be right.

In 2014, she won a big prize for her small paintings.

Many of her paintings are of Tasmania's South West Wilderness.

Her winning painting was of a scene from Tasmania's South West Wilderness.

She has visited that place 16 times and wants to go again.

I paint what I love. You can't paint if you don't love the subject.

Her paintings need careful brushstrokes and attention to detail.

Large to small - Joan Humble's art show

She finished 40 paintings for her show.

It took her three years to finish the paintings, which are big and small.

Her art show is at a gallery near Hobart, in a old building from the 1840s.

The building is now home to the Art Society of Tasmania.

It took her three years to paint for her last show.

The vice president of the society says Humble's paintings are very real and show wild places.

They are very precise, and people who know the area can tell exactly where it is.

Joan Humble is an inspiration with a great attitude towards life.

The vice president says Humble is an inspiration.

When you are driven to paint every day, that's a great way to live.

Humble is grateful for her life as an artist and her husband and doctor.

I look back and think of all the good things in my life.

How you think about things makes a big difference. I could just sit and do nothing, but that would not help me.

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