July 10, 2024 - Visuals create stories. This is my mindset when developing a painting. Not just for images, but for writing as well. Story, character, plot, background history, emotions, world building…all of it works together when generating new images. This approach works well when dreaming up paintings for classic stories, too, like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. I’ll describe what was going through my mind for each of the images below. To continue from where we left off, Dorothy is on her way with her strange companions to find the Emerald City, and ask the Wizard of Oz if he could send her back home to Kansas. Poppy Field For the painters out there, you’ll notice that the light from the sun comes from behind and strikes them low as they stand above it on the hill. This…