Encaustic, Oil and Coldwax on Wood

30 × 40 inches, 2025

“i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)”

(Read e.e.cummings poem!)

This piece is an icon and talisman of the power of love to nurture life. Imbued with the energy of astrological timing- it’s infused with the loving and protective rays of Jupiter and Venus in the nurturing waters of the sign of Cancer, August of 2025.