Dreaming the Universe

For quite a while, I have been wanting to get the human figure back into the wild biology paintings. Dreaming the universe is the first way to do this that has made sense to me.

I am reworking an old painting, Whirlpools, that had nice flow and density and interesting details, but never really crystallized as a painting. I am getting ready to add a large outline drawing of Julia's head that will almost fill the whole canvas and a few painted post-it notes to represent ideas.