"Minnie Evans was 43 years old when she began to draw pictures based on the strange dreams that had haunted her all her life: giant birds, biblical figures, intricate flowers, mysterious faces, and other fantastic images. And once she started drawing, nothing stopped her--not poverty, or the claim by her family and friends that she was "crazy", or her lack of training as an artist... [She] pursued her vision despite the restrictions placed on her as an African American woman."

Her decorative floral pieces are perhaps more popular, but what I've posted are the few pieces she or her biographers considered dream-based; some single, some series that show recurrent dream creatures. It's not always clear if a given piece is from a dream, when the dream was, and what happened. Toward the end of her very long life (1892-1987) she did go back and try to sign, date and label her art, but even she was often guessing.

The self-portrait at right was painted around age 89.

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	ATOMIC BOMB: by Minnie Evans, dreamed early Dec.1908, painted 1943 A mysterious picture that seems to be about the atomic bomb, apparently done before the Manhattan Project was made known to the public...
	GREEN UNICORN: by Minnie Evans, 1970s-'81 (at least); recurring dream figure A recurrent character in her dreams, this 'funny green animal' is a weird blend of Greco-Roman seahorse and Old Testament angel/devil/beastie...
	LIONS: by Minnie Evans, Nov. 1968; dream painting Mysterious. Evans tiled it simply "A Dream". Does this mandala depict a feast-table seen from above, or the whole world? And... twin Aslans?
	PEGASUS SERIES: by Minnie Evans, 1973, '79, '80, '81; crayons of recurring dream figure This recurring dream-creature, a white winged horse, appears for years, alongside Evans's 'green unicorn'. His rendering evolves, but his character's consistent...
	PROPHETS IN THE AIR: by Minnie Evans, recurring dreams 1897-99; painted Dec 1959 As a kid, Evans dreamed Old Testament prophets carried her to a nearby Union cemetery. "Don't worry," they told her. "We ain't gonna let you fall..."
	SUNRISE SACRIFICE: by Minnie Evans, dreamed c.1901, painted c.1947 A crowned woman with an ax and a torch carries out a mysterious sacrifice. Is this Helen of Troy, or Hecuba?

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