The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back. A Norman Rockwell Watercolor painting is always an adventure because the paint just takes over and makes something amazing and beautiful. A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. Other mediums require you learn to paint every stroke but watercolor automatically, all on its own, makes fantasy, vagueness and a little mystery. Torgesen’s watercolors have won numerous awards and been published in a number of the books featuring the best in watercolor painting.