Here is a "Free Expression" piece I did this back in 1999 or 2000,
"Life is just a dream on the way to death"

My concept was the girl dreaming, the fairy being the embodiment of her unconscious or conscious self, climbing a tree towards the skull (death) with hands all around grabbing from every direction, dark and light flowing into a love of just being.The cross in the bottom right, symbolizing both hope and death simultaneously