At a first glance, the artwork is beautiful, romantic, and even sensual. Then one looks closer at Vicki Visconti-Tilley's Art of Enchantment, Faery, & Myth and a forgotten ancient world is discovered. We see glimpses of our past, born from Vicki's European ancestry. Her images are filled with wondrous visions of chivalry, light as air nymphs skipping through mist infused forests, or ethereal fairies floating on gossamer wings. Dragons with brilliant purple and gold wings swooping over stark cliffs filled with dark gnarled trees that seem to be born, not of earth, but of man. Other images include the pillars of a Mayan ruin mysteriously covered in Celtic knots that form the backdrop for a wayward siren. Where did she come from? What is she thinking? Some paintings have faeries that hold keys seemingly to nothing, while others hide women in the shape of a tree or a faery mermaid rides a sea horse stallion on a stormy sea, under a Celtic moon. Her work flows with mystical beauty. By working in rich jeweled colors and earth tones, Vicki adds to the timelessness of the paintings, making them not about a single story, but more of universal emotion, such as joy, contentment, or satisfaction. These images come to Vicki through memories that have been passed down through her very soul for centuries.