Dedication

The following link contains an article about a 112 year old artist who continues to draw to this day.

Not only is this a wonderful story about a window to another time, it is a story of aspiration and dedication. Personally, I find it inspiring and hope to someday create artwork at such an age as well.

Interestingly, the artist has spent many of his years in a mental institution due to dementia. I find that this only adds to the rich history and persona of the artist, creating another interesting layer to an already rich story.

Frank Calloway personifies a certain wanderlust of vintage charm, something we can normally only view from a distance. Whether known to the artist or not, it is his own history that lends himself to becoming an actual living, breathing element of the landscapes he creates.

Regardless of whether such an atmosphere is felt through family, history, storytelling, pop-culture or simply curiousity, the dense world this artist (re)creates is part of and dear to us all, whether we realize it or not.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/20/elderly.artist.ap/index.html
(photo from cnn.com)