American painter Thomas Ascott's new body of work 'The Astral Woods' uniquely captures what for most of us is a deeply buried childhood imagination - one that we sadly put to bed when we grew up. Remember those carefree days that you spent with your friends and family, just laying by a river with one arm dangling in the cool water, or playing hide and seek among the tall grass. The nights spent by the campfire, retelling those urban myths that scared the hell out of us yet were so captivating that generation after generation re-tells the stories. Thomas' work takes those urban myths and mixes them with a large dollop of childish curiosity and wonder. The monsters and ghosts become our fast friends and we walk with them side by side on our youthful