Dreams and Memories

Every great image has an unfathomable oneiric depth to which the personal past adds special color. Consequently it is not until late in life that we really revere an image, when we discover that its roots plunge well beyond the history that is fixed in our memories.

--Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space


Bonus! Obscure word definition!

oneiric
a. pertaining to dreams. oneirocritic, n. interpreter of dreams. oneiromancy, n. divination through dreams.

The great Andrew Sendor is here: http://www.artofandrew.com/works_pages/painting_01_01.html

and here:
http://www.artofandrew.com/works_pages/painting_02_01.html

The exquisite Amy Bennett is here:
http://www.amybennett.com/

Note Against the Wall, for example. Note the painting is about than 2 x 3 inches...