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This is a watercolor painting of my grandfather's pond and the little row boat we used for fishing on the pond. Water moccasins would sleep under the boat at night, because it was made of aluminum and would soak up the heat from the sun all day, and then still be warm all night. The snakes were attracted to the warmth.

A visual storyteller, Ceilon Aspensen creates original fine art as dreams and visions from and about the natural world, and her own inner world. She creates landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, through the vehicle of her own imagination. Ceilon has lived in Montana since 1990 and both her spirit and art have been greatly influenced by the landscape here. She creates original fine art in watercolor, colored pencil, acrylic paint, hand-pulled prints, fine art greeting cards, and an occasional piece of sculpture or fiber arts. Most of her work deals with the unconscious life which drives our waking dreams. She usually starts with between one and three original images, selecting ones that strike her at the moment, montaging them together,...