I recently completed this new personal piece based on my favorite recurring scene from my favorite book, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. The main character, Santiago, often dreams about lions playing on the beaches of Africa, which is something he witnessed in his younger days. The imagery of this recurring dream always struck me on an emotional level, and I have wanted to illustrate it for a long time. I was lucky enough to have a recent break in client work to see this concept through.