Distinguished animal skull of emotional intensity

of emotional intensity

a reminder that every creature’s survival is braided into the landscape it inhabits

or open living space

Brooke Wade is the elegant skull of a white-tailed buck

Distinguished animal skull of emotional intensityDistinguished 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