Limestone Wall Art - Midlife Crisis

This fantastic 'Midlife Crisis' wall art by Coulson Macleod reads as follows:

Middle age is having the choice between two temptations, and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. What most people consider as virtue, when you reach middle age is simply a loss of energy.  Inside every middle-aged person is a younger person wondering what's happened.  Middle age is when you turn off lights for economical, rather than romantic reasons.  When you reach middle age you can't do anything everyday. Just remember, once you are over the hill you begin to pick up speed.  Middle age is when you age starts to show around your middle.  The first sign of middle age is discovering that the volume knob also turns to the left. Middle age is when you still believe you will feel better in the morning. At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30 we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40 we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all.  Middle age is always 15 years older than you are.  The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.

As the base for the artwork we have chosen a natural limestone with a warm, creamy colour and soft white undertones. This has been given a tumbled finish (this is a process by which stone is tumbled or vibrated with smaller abrasives to produce an aged appearance) which results in a rough and pitted surface with broken, rounded edges and corners.

The stone tablet is then overprinted with distressed typography, which follows the contours of the pitted stone to give a lovely touchy-feely piece of artwork.

Available Framed or Unframed
The stone tablet can be purchased unframed and looks great leaning on a bookcase or mantle, or it can be framed to hang on a wall.

The frame is handmade using reclaimed antique Victorian roof timbers. We purposefully retain any defects in the timber to add to the charm and character of the piece. These can include knot holes, nail holes, warps and water marks, so each frame is totally unique.