Get real? Artist paints fantasies in nursery

In artist Judy Lichtenstein's world, blue elephants fly, pastelpigs wear bikinis and turquoise cats need shades.

And everything floats in a world of dots.

"My style is so non-realistic," she said. "It's very whimsical,with happy colors. It kind of makes you smile."

Lichtenstein's world of whimsy was made for the nursery.

"I've been painting nurseries and other rooms for about 10years," she said. "It just seemed natural."

Just recently, Lichtenstein did her first black-and-white job -a border in the nursery of Sharon Maltz's baby girl, Megan.

"We love it," Maltz said. "It's so much fun."

Although many of Lichtenstein's …