For most of us, when we are fall asleep we enter the world of dreaming, where creativity flourishes and ideas for our next painting and drawing start to surface. We are free of that part of our mind that judges new ideas as "good" or "bad" and so we are able to explore, experiment and grow. If you are anything like me, you keep a notepad close by to jot down those ideas that occur when you are asleep, so that you can write them down when you first awake and dont have to fear forgetting them. Now many of these never go anywhere, most for lack of time or clarity. But those thoughts that are reoccurring do often wind up in my work. It is when I am asleep that my mind continues to solve the problems of my paintings or drawings, and often the solution that seemed so problematic when I fell asleep, is crystal clear when I wake up.

Here are some wonderful examples of the art of sleeping, you can almost feel a part of the dreams of those pictured below...

















Sweet Dreams!