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Catalog No.
01a04-4
8 1/2" x 11"
Painting in gouache on Fabriano Watercolor paper
Price
$139
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Sometimes, as in this night scene, the moon appears quite
large -- almost more full than full. It appears to be
"resting" against the landscape -- almost "part of" it. And,
much as we recline in a comfortable chair, before going off
to sleep, the moon here too prepares itself for its own
disappearance into night. Often, I will pick personal
themes for my paintings -- or even a simple activity such as
this one in "Before I Sleep." Often too, there is an open
ended question to much of what we do or prepare ourselves to
do (in daily life). In this case, we do not know the nature
of our dreams. We may never remember them. "Before I
sleep" is also not limited in subject matter to states of
consciousness in the literal sense (before sleep). Instead,
I like to think of this as a very "open ended" comment on
life and death itself. Eternal sleep is a matter we can
also entertain in our daily lives. In this sense, this
particular scene is a simple statement of "life" -- and all
we do here on Earth before we leave. How we interpret the
painting is more a question of how we interpret what we will
do here and now. The concept is very broad and
philosophical. Yet, it poses important questions for us in
life before death.
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