The Dreamscape Collection: A Tribute to the Subconscious Mind
Drifting Into a Daydream, 16×20 inches, oil on canvas
The Dreamscape Collection is a visual exploration of an unseen and overlooked, yet essential space: the subconscious.
Born from a deeply personal journey of healing chronic back pain through retraining my subconscious brain, this body of work reflects the mind’s remarkable capacity to guide, protect, heal, and ultimately determine our quality of life.
Over the past several years during and after my journey of healing chronic pain, I became increasingly fascinated by the role the subconscious plays in shaping our physical and emotional realities. As I began to explore this within myself, I discovered how unresolved tension and buried emotion can manifest in the body, and how bringing awareness to those patterns can be the powerful cure we’ve been searching for.
What began as an attempt at finding an escape for some temporary relief, resulted in a new, pain-free life rooted in joy, softness, and what felt like absolute surrealism after many years of being in the darkness.
Each painting in The Dreamscape Collection draws from this liminal space between thought and feeling, form and abstraction. Using ethereal color palettes and fluid, atmospheric compositions, I aimed to capture what often cannot be explained, only felt.
Far more than representations of specific memories or narratives, these works serve as emotional landscapes - inviting viewers to pause, escape, and reconnect with the inner self.
They are, at their core, meditations on release, transformation, and renewal.
New Beginnings, 24×24 inches, oil on canvas
A Note on Process
While this series emerged from a personal exploration of healing, its intent is universal. The subconscious is a shared terrain that influences us all, often without our awareness. My hope is that these works offer a moment of stillness, a shift in perspective, or simply a sense of wonder.
Whether you’re in the midst of change or standing on the other side of it, The Dreamscape Collection is an invitation to return inward to one of the most exciting, interesting, and creative places on earth - your subconscious mind.
