Character of Age

11/4/2015

I brought fall into my studio today to do a leaf study. The age and frail coloring of the leaf reminded me of the character you can see in a person that has aged nearly a century. There is a beauty in this kind of character, the markings of distress, the wilting of the skin, the lines and crevices. They all make up a life's story. For the leaf, a mere season, for us, hopefully a century.