At age 60, Adele Lerner's husband gave her a paint-by-the numbers set. At age 83, she earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Lehman College. At 101, she had her first art show!As Ms. Lerner tells NY Times reporter Corey Kilgannon:
What can I tell you? I'm a late bloomer. . . I learn at my own pace. I feel that it's never too late. If you don't know something, go and try to learn it every day until it comes to you.
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Note: the above photograph was taken by Suzanne DeChillo for the NYT.
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