Icarus

So... there's this piece I'm working on... 

Started out as a simple doodle, a few spheres, curvilinear lines, nothing meaningful. Then I added an eye (I do this a lot in random sketches, don't ask me why.) It evolved into an abstracted face, a head, shoulders, landscape, heavenly bodies... then finally Icarus.

(Awfully bad photo of my pencil sketch. I need a scanner. I had to REALLY mess with the levels to get it to come out somewhat recognizably.) 

I don't always know why I create these things, they just happen. 

I really hate to say that I identify with the Surrealists since every neophyte hack of an art student can't seem to get enough Dali. But, the illustration of dream imagery, mythological hints, and the fact that this sketch began purely subconsciously, I think I'm pretty deep into Surrealist territory.

I'm transferring this sketch on to canvas... Here's what I got so far...