In the early 2000s, lacking inspiration to kickstart my painting journey, I began having dreams of paintings I had done—complete with titles. I took advantage of this opportunity to catalog the ideas coming from my subconscious and started a visual dream journal.

I’ve been a dream fanatic since childhood and have kept dream journals for many years, but this was the first time paintings appeared. Off and on over the next several years, I had more painting dreams and documented them with the intention of one day bringing them to life. That day is here, twenty-five years later.

Within my Dream series are two sub-series: one features the dreamed paintings; the other presents scenes taken directly from my dreams. Some of these scenes contain several recurring themes. Dreams are always elusive, and I find it a satisfying challenge to pull something from the subconscious to the surface.