The Atlas Of Dreams - ColorPlate 116

The sky looks like a bruise and crackles with energy and strange lights. You’re not sure what’s going on in that pavilion, but you wouldn’t be surprised to hear strange incantations coming from it.

“Color Plate 116” combines a photograph from stock.xchng member Karin Lindstrom with a painting by my father, Gus Maier.

"The Atlas Of Dreams" is an ongoing project started in 1999. Each plate is composed of several different images combined to create something greater than the sum of its parts. Source images include historic engravings, NASA photos of space and the Earth's surface, abstract images, the artwork of my father: Gus Maier, and of course my own artwork - recycled and reused. Watch out for stray butterflies, fish, snakes, and other animals...