Created in 1936-8, Landscape from a dream is a personal response by Paul Nash to surrealism and how dreams can reveal the unconscious. The medium of the painting is oil paint on canvas. The support of the painting measures 679 x 1016 mm while the frame measures 904 x 1242 x 115 mm. This painting represents, as the title suggests, Nash's "Landscape from a dream" and what his dreams look like in his mind. One of the most notable elements in the painting is colour and the effect that it has on the rest of the painting. The dull colours of the background and the outside world contrast sharply with the bright, warm colours included inside the mirror. When I first looked closely at this painting, I was mystified by thinking about the meaning and what Nash is trying to convey. The strange inclusion of the lone hawk on the ground stood out first to me. There is one hawk on the floor, seemingly looking at itself in the mirror, confused. While the other hawk is flying in the warm sky, enjoying the free space. The painting is set on the coast of Dorset, this relates to how Nash enjoyed both creating landscape artworks but also intriguing, confusing yet wonderful surrealist artworks.