dream Series (artist statement)

Artist Statement: Dream series

These images are emotional self-portraits that illustrate how I often feel trapped in an ongoing dream existence. I am lying helplessly with the covers pulled up tight, sometimes I wish the dreams were real and other times that I could only wake up!

The sensation of being awake or asleep seems to blur for me at times. Often when I am working in my studio, my mind drifts into what I call the zone, where everything ceases to exist except the interaction with my art. Now that is a good dream!

The Dream Series is created using a wide variety of materials including oil or acrylic on canvas and watercolor, colored pencil or ink on paper.
(shhhhh... I’m sleeping)