Fantasy Drawings
These fantasies are hybridized from images of plants, sacred symbols, and mythology across cultures and throughout human history. Overall, their meaning is a mystery. This is a selection from more than 200 drawings.
Byzantine Village
The falcon plays many roles in Egyptian mythology, including the Lord of the Skies. Here he visits a village from "The Glory of Byzantium" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Soup Terrine Dancers
An item from the Winterthur Museum’s Campbell Collection of Soup Terrines is combined with dancers performing a scene from Martha Graham’s Rite of Spring.
Heavy Moon
This is inspired by an image from Carl Jung’s Red Book.
Egyptian Baboons
In Ancient Egypt the sacred baboon was connected with scribes, divine measurement, and higher learning.
Chariot
Who are these guys?
Friends
Yes these are friends. Really. They are.
Fuchsia Flower
The little water tank is taken from the rooftops of New York City.
Goat Moon
Hard to say exactly what's going on here.
Quilted Horses
These horses were originally spotted in the Girard Collection at Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art.
Rose Cart
The red rose is a 15th century British symbol of unity.
Stork House
Some sacred symbols live in humble cottages.
Sunflower Tree
This one is totally made up.
Tank Wagon
A modern day Zebu cart from Madagascar carries a 19th century water tank.
Triplets
Inspired by an image on the Great Lyre from Ur, at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology.
Bird Woman
This one is another total fantasy.