If Stars Were Acorns

If Stars Were Acorns, (Hypnagogia series #11) 16" x 20", oil on cradled gessoboard. 

Another lucid dream from a little over a year ago: floating in a beautiful nebula, I decided to get closer to the stars so I could examine them better. To my astonishment I discovered that all of the stars were actually acorns. A chipmunk then drifted by, gathering the sweet morsels as his homeworld disintegrated behind me. I woke up laughing, made a quick sketch and promptly forgot about it for six months. I've attempted to recapture the scene here.

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The Bee Eater

I finished this one months ago but completely forgot about posting it. 

16" x 20", oil, gold and silver leaf on cradled gessoboard. 

Fish, I

'Fish, I', (hypnagogia series #9). 8" x 10", oil on cradled gessoboard. 

Back in February I woke up in the middle of a dream (lucid dreaming) and was sitting in the lotus position on the bottom of a river (I've dreamed that I can breathe underwater since I was a child) when this cute little guy swam up to check me out: "Whatcha doing in my waters, fool?" 

"Nothing. Not fishing!" 

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It's the only logical choice!

Hypnagogic

adjective

hyp·​na·​go·​gic

 | \ ˌhip-nə-ˈgä-jik , -ˈgō- \

variants: or less commonly hyp​no​go​gic

Collegiate Definition:

 of, relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness im-mediately preceding sleep.

hypnagogic hallucinations

Phoenicopterus

'Phoenicopterus' (Hypnagogia Series #1), 24"x12", oil and gold leaf on board. I just finished this a few nights ago, my 1st new work in nearly 4 years.

 Early last Spring, while in the hospital and close to death, I kept having lucid dreams of a pink flamingo. The visions persisted for months. Later, while researching flamingos, I discovered that they were the inspiration for the mythical Phoenix and as I began my long journey back to wellness (rising  from the ashes) I realized  what the visions finally meant. 

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Whoa

Kinda crazy that a phone interview that I did late last year has shown up here:

http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=231075