The Atlas of Dreams - Color Plate 118

What at first appears to be a gigantic unblinking eye emerges from the noise. Just as you start to recoil, you take a second look and decide that it’s probably just some sort of reflective sphere - not an eye at all. But what *is* that red thing in the center that looks like a pupil? And why is the dragonfly back...?

“Color Plate 118” combines a photograph from stock.xchng member Andrew Beierle 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...