First Impressions
Faeries and fantasy have inspired this artist since childhood
Julia Lundman
How did you get into art and a love of fantasy?
When I was ten, the army awarded my dad with a full scholarship to the University of Chicago, where he studied medieval literature. It was during this time my interest in folklore and history began, especially after visiting museums and listening to my dad talk about what he’d learned. I started to expand my reading interests into folklore and myth around that time, read all about King Arthur, Vikings, faerie lore, magical tales of all sorts, and became obsessed with the C.S. Lewis Narnia and Tolkien books. When I discovered Mad Magazine and comic books, my tiny little mind pretty much lived full time in an imaginary world.