Valerie Hammond | Waking Dreams

Taking its title from the hypnagogic state, the transitional phase between wakefulness and sleep, Waking Dreams explores the liminal space where the real and imagined blur, giving rise to vivid, often inexplicable sensory experiences. Through expansive Sumi ink washes on Japanese paper, layered with printed imagery and watercolor, Hammond captures the fleeting visual language of the subconscious, balancing control and surrender as conscious details interact with the spontaneous flow of ink. Waking Dreams inhabits the threshold between sleep and waking, image and gesture, private reverie and shared unease, creating a space where imagination becomes both escape and mirror, solace and confrontation.

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