These images came out of a dream I had many years ago.
My memory of this dream is still vivid, and it has created a whole series of images that I have been working with since 2005.
The dream -
I was in a vast dark space hanging from a thin silk thread, and I was a spider – luminous and white, long legged and light of body. I remember the ease in which my body ascended and descended the sliver of rope, and how comfortable I was just hanging there. My mind was unencumbered by human thought, I was the spider. The dream was timeless.
Titled “Ascending” dry media on paper 28″x 48″
When I awoke from the dream I felt strangely free, like I had somehow shape shifted and left the world of human fear and concerns. I don’t recall how long that lasted.
I wanted to explore that dream further, through imagery, through my art. I replaced the spider with a human and the silk thread with a rope, and the dream space began to be filled with light and shadow and other happenings. I am still exploring the dream.
Title of 1st piece is “Stillness” 28′ x 48″ and the 2nd piece is “Birth Root” 30″ x38″ both Dry media on paper – all pieces are framed and showing currently at Grey McGear Gallery at the Bergamont Satation in Santa Monica California.
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