Love's Sweet Transformation

10" diameter 
acrylic on wood
2025
 
Prints and cards are also available. 
 
The Story
 
This painting is a reflection on love, growth, and the ever-unfolding cycles of life. At its center, a snake forms the shape of a heart around an anatomical heart, symbolizing the deep connection between instinct and emotion. Its shifting colors—moving from a vibrant rainbow to the deep, starry night sky—speak to transformation, reminding us that change is both natural and necessary. Gold waves radiate from the heart, carrying the energy of love outward, while the green and pink hues evoke the heart chakra’s essence of compassion and openness. Encircling this scene, sugar snap pea vines twist and climb, representing nourishment, renewal, and the rhythms of nature. The snake, tasting an open pea pod, seems to pause in a moment of curiosity and savoring, a reminder to embrace both transformation and the sweetness of life. With the grounding presence of the vines and the vastness of the cosmos above, this piece speaks to the balance between the earthly and the infinite, the physical and the spiritual, and the beauty of an open, evolving heart.