Perhaps painting dreams is a dangerous pursuit. It materializes internal, subconscious, and deeply personal processes and makes them visible, real, and accessible at any moment. It is uncertain how this would play out, but I will take the risk nonetheless.
A materialized picture of an inner affirmation, a locked moment.
And how do you draw a dream?
First, you take the images from the dream and its idea. You find similar real objects as images in combination with your imagination and develop the composition. The drawing cannot be exactly the same as in the dream, but it can still resemble the feeling that the dream brought.
I recently dreamed of an owl, bright, almost white, and behind it, crows, black as night, perched on something like an arch. I interpret the symbols of what I saw – the crows, part of the inner “shadows” – fear, shame, anger, pride, and sadness, and the owl in the foreground symbolizes wisdom, light, and the displacement of the darkness of inner turmoil.
WORK IN PROGRESS…
(to be continued)
The result of painting dreams… you feel the reality of the illusion. You find yourself somewhere between them.
It turned out to be a prelude to my next book, “Chasing Shadows.” I don’t know if it will be part of it, time will tell. I’m starting again, and it will be a while before I finish it.
© APASH illustration 2025
