I taught a Cold Wax and Oil Painting workshop this past weekend with a group of women who were likely all over sixty years of age. By the time we get into our 60's we bring a rich life experience to our work: most have been married once or maybe 4 times, have grown children and now grandchildren, had long and successful careers in business or education or medicine, cared for ailing parents when they were dying. They bring the wealth of years of learning and life to their art and to this workshop. One thing about getting older I find is that there is a clear awareness that time is limited. I could tell myself when I was 50 that I was only half way through my life. But not now! Barbara, one of the women in the workshop, worried that at this age, she was too old to change her subject matter in her painting. My own feeling is, why not spend that time doing exactly what I want to do? Why not change? Let my work lead me to new worlds, new wa...