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2023 Academy of Special Dreams' Artists Artwork

A heavily pregnant woman in a white gown holds her belly while seated and looking into a pool of water. The profile of a large brown eagle’s head fills the canvas behind the woman. The background contains two distant mountains, and vertical stripes of green, white, and red.

Maru Huerta

Raíces Culturales (Cultural Roots), 2022

Oils on Canvas 16” x 20”

A heavily pregnant woman in a white gown holds her belly while seated and looking into a pool of water. The profile of a large brown eagle’s head fills the canvas behind the woman. The background contains two distant mountains, and vertical stripes of green, white, and red.

A close-up photograph of a spray of lavender rose buds in decay. The flowers wilt forward with browning petals.

Cara Mark

Roses, 2023

Photography Print on Canvas 20” x 30”

A close-up photograph of a spray of lavender rose buds in decay. The flowers wilt forward with browning petals.

In a sky of saturated blue, green, red, and orange, three butterflies fly away. The closest and largest butterfly is blue, the orange butterfly is smaller and further away, and the last butterfly is the smallest as it is farthest from the viewer.

Lift, Ms. Nuñez's Class

Monarcas (Monarchs), 2023

Acrylics on Canvas 16” x 20”

In a sky of saturated blue, green, red, and orange, three butterflies fly away. The closest and largest butterfly is blue, the orange butterfly is smaller and further away, and the last butterfly is the smallest as it is farthest from the viewer.

A drawing of a whale on a textured transparent yellow film over a collage of newsprint clips.

Christian Tresierras

My Whale, 2023

Pointillism Art and The Textures on Canvas 15” x 20”

A drawing of a whale on a textured transparent yellow film over a collage of newsprint clips.

A lighthouse is in front of a sloping landscape. The image is on a textured collage of newsprint clips.

Federico Tresierras

The Light Houses, 2023

Pointillism Art and The Textures on Canvas 15” x 20”

A lighthouse is in front of a sloping landscape. The image is on a textured collage of newsprint clips.

A crescent moon lights a grassy blue clearing amid black trees with dark red leaves and red foliage.

James Takar

Blue Forest, 2023

Acrylics on Canvas and Textures 20” x 30”

A crescent moon lights a grassy blue clearing amid black trees with dark red leaves and red foliage.

Sunflowers are arranged in a pot on red flooring with a saturated yellow background.

William Lee

By the Window, 2023

Acrylics on Canvas 20” x 30”

Sunflowers are arranged in a pot on red flooring with a saturated yellow background.

On a wash of a delicate pink background, a light blue parrot’s head and wing profile are depicted with a yellow eye, and a dark gray beak.

Baupres Dream Academy

Birds of Inclusion, 2023

Acrylics on Canvas 14” x 10”

On a wash of a delicate pink background, a light blue parrot’s head and wing profile are depicted with a yellow eye, and a dark gray beak.

In a jungle, a small macaw with a red feathered head and a tail of multiple blues with wings extended is flying towards a larger red macaw with a white patched eye. The larger macaw’s wings are stretched back where its yellow feathers can be seen.

Gabriel Miranda

Las Guacamayas, 2023

Acrylics Print 16” x 20”

In a jungle, a small macaw with a red feathered head and a tail of multiple blues with wings extended is flying towards a larger red macaw with a white patched eye. The larger macaw’s wings are stretched back where its yellow feathers can be seen.

A photograph of a gated mausoleum in Mexico, designed as a small steepled church. A statue of a full-sized classically winged angel looks down towards a grave.

Basilio Alonzo

Sleeping Angels, 2023

Photography on Canvas 16” x 16”

A photograph of a gated mausoleum in Me x ico, designed as a small steepled church. A statue of a full-sized classically winged angel looks down towards a grave.