Dream images and scenes from below my conscious mind are presented here.
Naturally, the symbolism is heavy and can be universal or quite personal.

I have always known
That at last I would
Take this road, but yesterday
I did not know it would be today
---Narihira

Our Lady of Creativity
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35.25" x 52"
March, 2007

The act of artistic creation is depicted in this metaphorical quilt.

Nocturnal Sojourn
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35” x 74”
November, 2005

In Russian folk tales, Baba Yaga is a wise but dangerous crone who possesses much magic and knowledge of the natural world, particularly herbs.  Her hut is also formidable and walks about on giant chicken legs and is ringed by a fence made of human bones and skulls. To approach Baba Yaga and entreat her for help one must first locate her hut, no mean feat since it  magically appears in a different location throughout the world each morning. 

It is generally supposed that the hut spends the night walking to each new locale, but I represent an alternative option here.  If the hut is so magical in the first place, can it not just appear wherever it is fated to be?  I propose that the hut and Baba Yaga replenish their magical powers at night in a mysterious, mountainous land under a thin new moon and at sunrise rush to their next destination restored by their nocturnal sojourn.

Confrontation in a Jungian Landscape
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22.5” x 49.5”
August, 2006

This piece is the inauguration proper of the Inner Landscape series that depicts dream images or other representations of an inner, unseen reality.  The human figure cringes in fear and awe of an elemental force whose beauty and power escapes him.

Solar Buddha
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4.75” x  4.25”
December, 2007
Private collection of Bill and Ksenia Merck

The traditional sun face is depicted here in a Buddha incarnation.  This piece seemingly evolved on its own—I had planned to create a visage with a very different aspect; more light-hearted and care free feel to it. However, nothing looked or felt right as I was sketching and planning and this face emerged complete with its detached but benevolent expression.
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