Allen Vandever art post “Dream Lover”

Dream Lover Acrylic, Epoxy Resin by Allen Vandever
This is one of my first successful dream paintings. I feel as though it accurately captures the essence of the woman who inhabits all my dreams, present since pre-pubescence. Her persona is amorphous. She is a confidant, friend, and ever-different but always recognizable lover. She knows and is every woman I have ever loved, so perhaps, the only woman I have ever loved. This painting is my attempt to express her divinity to the realm of the world without dreams. Often, I find her there, standing beside me, her face similar to mine, filled with the glow of every color.
Sono io in the feminine form, Beatrice herself, and I, Virgil. A self-portrait of a kind, an understanding finally grasped after further introspection and analysis. My dreams move me to paint; painting urges me to reflect through the pen. To write about such things is to lose one’s self in the silence of exploring the mind, exploring what it means to be a human being living somewhere within the expansive range of self and humanity. This sequence of events illustrates the importance of the process of self-analysis, also teaching us that knowledge is boundless.
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Posted: November 4th, 2009
at 10:03am by Koookiecrumbles
Tagged with acrylic, Alan Vandever, allen vandever, art, chicago, dream, epoxy resin, over, painting
Categories: Art Theory, Contemporary, art
Comments: 4 comments
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This painting is described better than I could have imagined by looking at it. The description matches perfectly with the feeling I get when looking at it. It’s haunting and beautiful.
Kimya Karshenas
4 Nov 09 at 12:30 pm
wow, that is a awesome thought that dream breeds art then art breeds thought, thats dope.
marcus murray
4 Nov 09 at 5:25 pm
I really like the fluid motion and the colors. taht you used in the painting. the multiple faces are all similar and all different at the same time i like it.
marcus murray
4 Nov 09 at 5:28 pm
I feel that I am watching an big company musical production number w/3 main star divas in the background.
Dawn Rosales
4 Nov 09 at 11:11 pm