Description
Archival Digital Print – Although I used photos and drawings, including drawing on the monitor screen itself, the final image was created with software on the computer. It was inspired by a dream of a woman brushing her hair on a balcony, unaware that her room had changed into a forest. It allowed me to experiment with depicting Change by creating a space that was simultaneously indoors and outdoors.
After many years of painting landscapes and city scenes, curiosity drew me towards the vivid images of my dreams. I was aware of the works of Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Dalí and Paul Delveaux, but only gradually realized that the images that arose in my own sleep were just as worthy of being painted as the scenes I observed during my waking hours. They are formidable challenges to paint, and if I were confined to painting either the waking or sleeping aspects of life, I would paint dreams.
