Courtney Dreaming Through the Orion Nebula

The sleep of highly active people fascinates me. This painting of the contemporary dancer, Courtney Scheu, explores her feelings of sleep being like a heavy-bottomed cloud.

Courtney is an extremely active person, with a sharp mind and highly inventive in her art. In this painting I'm looking at the spiritual shift that creates art. Each act of creation is a deep emotional and spiritual quickening.

I coupled Courtney with the Orion Nebula due to its reputation as the birthplace of stars: the birthplace of ideas, spirit and creative thought.