Original artwork description:

We are living in myths. Our peace of mind requires that all the facts and elements of the "real world" (as we name it) must be explained somehow, otherwise the confusion may cause the mental breakdown. And, since we're not supercomputers, but humans — we build myths, myths in which everything what surrounds us has its own place and meaning. Northern people's myths are not fairy tales, they are (were) their reality in its most understandable and meaningful state. People of the North seems to be too busy to survive in the extreme conditions of the "edge of the world", nevertheless they formed a culture (and culture actually is the sum of myths) so consummate and picturesque, and in some aspects so different from the European (Western) tradition, that fascinates me deeply, that could not fail to inspire the artist.

Materials used:

graphite pencil, colored pencil, watercolor