“Just paint. You’ll find your way,” renowned Philadelphia illustrator Charles Santore told his youngest son, Nicholas, from his hospital bed at Pennsylvania Hospital one day in August 2019.
Nicholas, Nicky to his family, met his father’s advice with silence. He was an artist, and a very good one, but he hadn’t painted in quite some time. His reasons were complex and deeply personal.
The next day, 84-year-old Charles Santore was gone…