Craig Davison Makes You Feel Like A Kid Again With These 'Star Wars' Paintings

When you were a kid, the best toy was always your imagination. Sure, you could argue that a PlaySation, Xbox, iPad or any smartphone offers more fun, but that would be missing the point. With a quick thought, you and your friends were off on the latest adventure in some far-flung locale without ever having to leave the neighborhood. Craig Davison knows just what it meant to be a kid -- it was all about the ideas, creative spark and imagination that lurked in the shadows.

Davison's art combines pop culture with a sense of nostalgia for our youth. A kid holding cardboard tubes and a pencil is transformed into Han Solo. Davison's artwork got a recent bump in popularity after his "Star Wars" artwork was shared on Reddit last week. It's not the first time the Internet got hold of his work, nor will it be the last.

"My younger brother and I used to ride our bicycles around whilst making engine noises with our mouths, occasionally shouting "Jeet-jeer! Jeet-jeer!" to indicate that we were firing our blasters. We'd have to fly very slowly when we were 'cloaked' - which happened whenever we needed to pedal uphill - and then engage our hyperdrives to make a quick escape from enemy territory. Eventually, one of us would 'get hit' and 'crash' and be forced to brave some hostile terrain or another on-foot ... but fortunately, we were always armed," said one Redditor about how Davison's art reminded him of his own childhood.

Davison's work includes a similar shadow set for girls, a "Batman"-themed gallery and even a few sculptures.