“the unfinished song”
16″x 20″
I did a small series a few years back featuring ravens in the forest at night -I guess I’m still not finished with these images. A couple more occurred to me the other night. Maybe I’m the raven…I do like shiny things…
“Adrift towards morning”
16”x 20” acrylic on canvas
I’ve always loved laying out on a warm summer night and just
staring up at the night sky. Imagination roams freely with only the naked eye.
A poet’s perspective.
I sometimes wish I knew more of the scientific end, but then again maybe not.
This is just simple, unabridged awe and wonder that I can never get enough of.
Bears and spiders
16″x 20″
acrylic on canvas
Another reoccurring dream I’ve had over the years is the bear dream. Usually I’m walking in the woods when I see a black bear in the distance. He always sees me at exactly the same time and runs towards me. It always ends the same; the two of us, eye to eye just staring at each other. I threw the spiders in because they show up regularly in hordes and are always creepy…
Between the hours of night and day, when sleep won’t come, my brain sometimes feels like it empties all of its contents at once into one giant, common pool. Ideas, images, and even reoccurring dreams are dumped together and revealed in a random, senseless parade of memories and thoughts, sifted for hours by me and my insomnia.
This first painting is based on the pondering of a reoccurring dream I’ve had since having my first child many years ago. It seems to surface every few years.
“Pocket baby” begins with me holding a normal baby (not sure why or who it belongs to) Suddenly it’s mine to protect from imminent danger and I have to run with it. Eventually the baby shrinks to a size that can fit in my pocket making it much easier to carry and protect.