Kindra Crick Art

Deep sleep is a most mysterious part of the night. It arrives early in the night, when your heart rate slows, the body cools and the mind slips beneath awareness. This stage helps stabilize important memories.

Neurons begin firing together in slow, synchronized rhythms that create low frequency delta waves moving across the cortex.

In ‘Slow Waves in the Midnight Deep’, my nocturnal figure descends into that hidden world. A wave pattern radiates through her hair, echoing the slow electrical pulses that define deep sleep. She is not vividly dreaming so much as consolidating, holding onto what matters while the world goes quiet. Along the edges of the work, real sleep data marks the moments when deep sleep occurred, framing the figure with evidence of the unseen.

I find this deep state of unconscious activity fascinating.

This painting is available at Waterstone Gallery

I'm thrilled to share that I've joined Waterstone
Gallery!

I'll be at the opening of 'Of Earth and Sky' this First Thursday, December 4, from 5 to 8pm.
I'd love to see you there.

If you are in Portland, please stop by to take in the artwork and celebrate with us!

Just a few paintings of the 86 billion neurons which help generate our every sensation & thought.

Untangled Series
India ink, colored pencil on hand dyed kozo paper

Created using the Allen Institute Cell Type Database for references, which is open to everyone.