(NECN: Amy Sinclair, Georgetown, Maine) - Old age can be tough on both body and soul, but you'd never know it by looking at artist Dahlov Ipcar's oil paintings. At 92, her wild "junglescapes" still leap from the canvas. NECN's Amy Sinclair catches up with Ipcar at her Georgetown farmhouse to talk about art, aging, and being "famous" at 92. At 92, Dahlov Ipcar needs a little help to get into her Georgetown studio. But seated in front of a canvas, the constraints of age start to wash away. Dahlov: "Art is kind of a world of its own and a language of its own growing up in an artists family I thought it was what life should be." The daughter of famed parents, artists William and Marguerite Zorach, it wasn't long before Ipcar held a paintbrush in her own hand. Dahlov: "I have pictures of jaguars and leopards when I was 10-11-12" 80 years later, Ipcar's still painting animals. Animals that leap and prowl through complex, colorful landscapes. True to her life long work ethic, Ipcar paints every morning But she isn't just passing time; Ipcar remains fully engaged in the creative process---perhaps more now than ever. She has said that every new canvas is a mystery to solve and she enjoys the detective work. Dahlov: "there are always times you think it's a disaster and want to throw it away and it usually comes right in the end." Ipcar's paintings are still prized by galleries and collectors. The Frost Gully Gallery in Freeport is showing her work now. Ipcar's fifth exhibition in nine years. Study Ipcars' landscapes, and it's easy to jump to the wrong conclusions about her life. She has not travelled the world with a sketchbook and binoculars. Ipcar grew up in Greenwich Village, spending summers in Georgetown, Maine. This is where she met her late husband Adolph and raised their boys. But the state that has been a muse for so many other artists isn't what drives her paintings--it's her own fertile imagination Dahlov: "fortunately people like what I do I’m amazed because it's not the kind of thing people paint in Maine." It's in her children's stories, she's illustrated and written more than 30 books that Ipcar draws from life in Maine, with stories about fishing and farming and forest creatures. Thanks to a collaboration with Maine- based Islandport Press, some of her most beloved books are now back in print. At Ipcar's book signings, legions of fans line up for autographs, and photographs... Ipcar is gracious to all, and slightly bemused by her wild popularity. As to her creative longevity, she offered this food for thought. Dahlov: "I've had a bad back since 14, that's age. If you've done it your whole life it doesn't stop you.” Ipcar continued painting after hip and shoulder replacements after hand and eye surgeries. Dahlov: “As long as I can do it ill do it. I think something will stop me I don't know what. I’ve been lucky so far I didn't intend to live this long." But her many friends and admirers can't imagine Ipcar without a paintbrush in hand. As long as there's another mystery to solve, Ipcar will be at her easel. Working it one brushstroke at a time. Ipcar's current exhibition at the Frost Gully Gallery in Freeport, Maine runs through this Saturday. More information is available at www.frostgullygallery.com. If you'd like to know which of Ipcar's children's stories are back in print, visit Islandport press at www.islandportpress.com.