I enjoy the challenge of conceiveing concepts for paintings to fit themes imposed by various organizations looking for artistic pieces to promote their events. The process of inventing an image to illustrate the themes forces me to use my imagination and creativity to envision paintings that would not otherwise occur to me to paint. Some very successful paintings have come about by accepting these challenges. Whether or not mine are chosen to promote the events, I get a great satisfaction from dreaming up the concepts for the paintings and their execution. This Through the Eyes of a Child painting was my concept to fit the theme of "A Feast for the Eyes" for the Umpqua Valley Arts Association Annual Summer Arts Festival to be held in Roseburg, OR the last weekend of June 2009. Although it was not selected to promote the festival, I did enjoy dreaming up the concept and doing the painting. I feel it successfully conveys the wonder of seeing through the eyes of a child.