Sometimes the world we enter when our eyes close at night is a bit scary, a bit malevolent.  But often I find myself in a place that is one part memory, one part fantasy.  The paintings of San Francisco area artist Jeffrey Beauchamp call to mind those fanciful dreamscapes where ordinary things come to life in extraordinary ways.

 

I find places from my childhood cropping up quite often in my own dreams, which may be why I responded most to Beauchamp’s paintings of children.  The places I played, explored, pretended are almost always prominent.  After one such dream last night, I found myself wondering why some places stay with us so strongly.  Is it our connection to the place itself or the people who were there?  Or maybe they become part of our dreams because of how much they captured our imagination in life.

To see more of Jeffrey Beauchamp‘s work, please visit his website.

All images are via the artist’s website.