“How did you come up with that?”

About a week ago, Caroline Henry, who runs this blog, emailed me a reminder that I agreed to write a post for it. Back at the end of last year (when I had hoped to have one ready!) the plan was to share tips on how an artist could market their own work. But in her reminder email, Caroline suggested that my post focus instead on how my art goes in a completely different direction from most artists - for example, plein air artists, who record and artistically enhance a moment in time that they witness. She then proceeded to note, in a perfectly turned phrase that I will now credit and quote, that I create art “from the imagination, using the rich traditions of myth, legends, folktales, and holiday lore, as well as the complexity of the human mind with all its dreams and fears.”