A reoccurring childhood dream was of an Egyptian boat in a sea surrounded by floating animals and whales and elephants. The boat was a block long. I had this dream when I was about seven. It was not until 1955, when I was nine that the boat was discovered at Giza in the pit near the pyramids. It would not be put together from fragments and assembled for about thirty years.
The Egyptian boat sails through the hours of the night, transporting the king through the underworld. Many cultures, including Native American bury their dead with tomb boats to navigate the afterlife. For me, the boat is a powerful symbol of the voyage through the unconscious. My dream foretold the discovery of the Giza bargue, and had a lasting impression on me.
I drew my dream in a large work called:
Samhain for Constance Gore Booth Markiewitz
1983
Colored pencil on paper on canvas
9 ft. 3 inches by 27 feet
Barque for Isis and Hathor
1984
Cast bronze
12” by 40” by 4 ¾ inches
Barque with Celestial Staircase
1984
Cast bronze with green patina
15 ½ by 32 by 6 inches
Roy E. Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Barque with Lion Goddess
1986
Pencil on paper on canvas
91 by 145 inches
The Principle Building , Des Moines, Iowa
Barque with Lion Goddess
1985
Cast bronze
42 by 10 by 161/2 inches, 9 by 51/4 by 5 inches, 12 ½ by3 ½ by 6 inches
Barque with Condor
1984
Cast bronze
91/2 by 14 by 4 inches
Barque with Sacre Coeur
1984
Pencil on paper on canvas
84 ½ by 58 inches
Collected by Elisabeth Goth
