Time And Roses is a painting I designed many years ago, but never got around to committing to canvas and paint. I guess as time went by I realized I now knew what to do with it. This often happens with an idea; the concept is mostly there, but just how to execute it sometimes can take years of dormancy. I am always glad when it happens, because it means I have progressed to a point where the conflicts are no longer an issue, or i simply don't care about them anymore. I just paint it!

Time is not kind to roses. We see the rose, so full and vibrant, adjacent to another that is withering and drying. The process is poignant as the flower changes into another thing of beauty. As we age it seems ever more true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder....