Painting: Oil on Canvas.

Painted: 1995-1996

Size: 20” X 16”

Owner: In storage

Music Selection: “Cruel Summer” by Bananarama

There is a time when you stand between youth and middle age. There are several questions that you ask yourself. A number of women leave their husband as they examine their lives at this time and are disillusioned with what they see. Growing older is difficult and people struggle to look younger. Commercials use this fear to sell products. These changes should be embraced, but we tend to fight it. Being older is considered criminal. Women and men go under the knife to hang onto their youth and become a hideous caricature of themselves. They sacrifice time with their children to spend more time in the gym. If you’re at this point in your life, how do feel? Does this painting make you uncomfortable? If so ask yourself why?