Comment by Brad Reid

August 26, 2005 @ 9:58 pm

“Old hag” is the Newfoundland term for the experience, and I’ve experienced it myself. In other parts it’s known as night terrors. I just then googled it and lo and behold there’s information available at http://www.nightterrors.org/.

Comment by camz

August 26, 2005 @ 10:15 pm

nice work.

Comment by Mick Mather

August 26, 2005 @ 10:17 pm

The more I see of your work the more I fall in love with it. This is another wonderful piece.

Comment by joli

August 27, 2005 @ 12:07 am

Love the part about your dog! Very eclectic work…will stay tuned to your site.

Comment by isay

August 27, 2005 @ 12:48 am

scary dream but nice illustration!

Comment by Anonymous

August 27, 2005 @ 1:35 am

There are a few terms as the description - Old Hag is one of them and it doesn’t always happen at night! I can see the tension of such a dream in her face!!!! Also love your golden brushstrokes

Comment by rowantree

August 27, 2005 @ 10:15 am

Nice curves and beautiful golden palette, and terrific eyes expression !

Comment by Detlef

August 27, 2005 @ 7:00 pm

I’m sure many others have had this dream - it must be a fear ingrained in the human psyche. I like the fact that you’ve chosen to take a more darker direction on this topic.

Comment by Greg Locke

August 27, 2005 @ 7:15 pm

…and WHO has that painting on his office wall???

:^)

Greg

Comment by carla

August 27, 2005 @ 9:30 pm

Wow…you really captured the feeling you described in your dream! That face is amazing. It looks so terrified as if it’s receding into an abyss with all the yellow space and swirls around it. The feeling I get is one of being totally overwhelmed and powerless. You do great work!

Comment by joleen

August 28, 2005 @ 2:32 am

Something similar happened to me four years ago and I will never forget it. The big difference is that I think I was awake and there were these shadow figures holding me down and I tried to scream out and nothing. I tried to move to wake up my [then] boyfriend but could not. It was the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me.

Great illo!

Comment by Caribbean Colors

August 28, 2005 @ 4:04 am

Superb illustration. I’ve had that happen, the dream where you can’t speak and you wake yourself up, terrified. Spooky and frustrating. For me it happens when I’m feeling frustrated about a situation. I think its my unconscious mind cleansing itself.

Comment by Toni

August 28, 2005 @ 10:18 pm

Great colors! You have really captured a sense of a terrifying dream. Especially in the eyes

Comment by elaine

August 29, 2005 @ 4:05 am

Compelling.
You want to dive into the picture and save her.
Fantastic painting.

Comment by guyana-gyal

August 29, 2005 @ 3:44 pm

Hello, thanks for your kind words on my blog.

And oh my goodness, I’m glad I came to your site. What exciting art. I’ll be visiting again.

As for the dream…I discovered this in the book, “Women who run with the wolves,” by Clarissa M. Pinkola, that nearly all women have a similar dream, except with many women it’s a ‘dark man’, a shadow.

The writer goes on to explain why we have that dream. Very interesting. I think as an artist you might appreciate that book.

Comment by Steve Sharam

August 30, 2005 @ 10:14 am

Incredibly powerful. Very disturbing, the eyes speak of pure terror. Very twisted:)

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August 31, 2005 @ 8:44 am

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Comment by jpohl

August 31, 2005 @ 9:19 am

I’m sorry I missed Blog Day! I’ll mark it in my calender for next year. It’s a great idea. Not much time to post or surf this week. Doug’s been keeping the computer tied up getting ready for the big launch of diyplanner.com on Saturday, and I’ve been painting every moment I can fit in around the baby.

Comment by Aravis

September 1, 2005 @ 4:26 am

An excellent and terrifying work!

Comment by eb

October 5, 2006 @ 12:43 am

re: I kept trying to cry out, but my voice wouldn’t work

I remember having dreams like that when younger. Always wondered why when in dreams we are running away from monsters we can barely move or even utter a word, let alone scream.