Twelve years ago, I began painting a group of women that morphed into my series of "Unconventional Women." These women are not beautiful in the conventional sense, and they are not engaged in conventional activity. They're flawed yet strong, perfect in their imperfections. A story is told through each painting, and that story is reinvented with each person who views it. In the case of "Mountain," the message is the power, self-assurance, and resilience of older women.
