Nature is twisted, dramatic, showy, tangled, contrasting in lights and darks, gorgeous and frightening or in a word - wild. Adventure time for the last 14 years has bee river running, scuba diving, and time in the wilderness where Torgesen gets the inspiration for her paintings. She is like a zen painter. As a serious observer, she takes these ideas of nature as they truly are and shoots from the hip. No computer or photos, she remembers the feeling and captures the light, drama, and intricacies of nature in her paintings. The purpose of her work is to remove the viewer from their daily routine and let them take a walk along the waters edge far back into the two dimensional canvas. “This our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” Willliam Shakespeare in “As You Like It”