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(CNN) Male artists ‘peak in their 40s,’ Tracey Emin says. Quoting,

Renowned British artist Tracey Emin has said that many male artists, like her contemporary Damien Hirst, “peak in their 40s,” whereas women retain their creative force as they age. … “Women have the capability of doing that (carrying on) as long as they’re given the opportunity to do it,”…

Bosh! Picasso painted till  2 a.m. the night before he died, at age 91, in 1973. Dali was not so lucky, as he became physically impaired years before he passed. Luck of the draw, not sex, though some women artists, such as Helen Frankenthaler and Agnes Martin, were notably introverts. If there is a psychic connection, introversion may signal more reserves to carry on than  the  extroversion required of shock performance art. Perhaps Hirst is tired of shocking himself, and is overdue for reinvention.

Ms. Emin, you hopefully have the reserves of introversion. As for myself, I am in my prime, where I intend to remain by periodic reinvention.

Blue Rain. 48×36″, acrylic ink and paint, oil, and charcoal on canvas. The companion piece, Violet Rain, can be found at Hunter Biden’s Art.