The beauty and mystery of a bird has long enchanted me, so it is understandable that they frequent my dreams. Sometimes I am a bird/woman, other times eggs, birth and nests are in evidence.

The Beach, Patricia Benefield, 30"x28", oil on canvas

It is curious that the birds are appearing in my paintings in various characterizations--disguised as myself, as in "The Beach," a menacing being, a protector, or a refuge.

In later dream/paintings they have assumed a masculine role. Perhaps I wish to see men as beautiful and mysterious?

SOURCE: Dreamworks: an Interdisciplinary Quarterly (v.4, no.4, 1985, p.243). Sorry the picture's grayscale; so far I've found no color images of Benefield's work.

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