Distinguished watercolor and cosmic violets

and cosmic violets

fluid brushwork in the lips contrasts with the sharper clarity of the eye

Unlike a cat sitting beneath the stars

nature-themed altars

and the joy of watching both

Distinguished watercolor and cosmic violetsDistinguished is a quiet portrait of survival a feminine skull painted in soft tones of rose, blush, and gold, its form scarred and marked by a history few would ever show. Around it, green ferns and a delicate Bridal Veil mushroombloom, weaving softness and growth around what remains. In this watercolor by J. Brooke Wade, resilience and vulnerability are inseparable, and beauty is not despite what came before but because of it. The skull, painted