Desire spoken softly
Erato does not rush.
She arrives as a pull rather than a call—an intimacy felt before it is named. This work holds the tenderness of connection, where emotion moves like water beneath the surface, shaping everything it touches. Light gathers and releases across layered wax and image, suggesting devotion that deepens with time.
Erato belongs in spaces of closeness and reflection—bedrooms, reading rooms, private corners where feeling is allowed to linger. Her presence is sensual without spectacle, romantic without excess.
In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Nine Muses, the muse of love poetry, lyric song, and intimate expression. She inspires words spoken from the heart—odes of longing, devotion, and union. Often depicted with a lyre or crowned with roses, Erato governs the language of connection: love remembered, love promised, love quietly endured.
Her gift is resonance. Erato reminds us that love is not always declared aloud; sometimes it is written into the body, into memory, into the spaces we choose to inhabit. Her story honors emotion as art itself—felt deeply, expressed gently, and carried forward like a current.
A one-of-a-kind encaustic mixed media painting — where photography, molten beeswax, and oils merge to reveal a serene underwater world. Layers of texture and translucency create a luminous depth that can only be achieved through fire and time. The surface texture—subtle ripples and organic striations—echoes the natural movement of water and wind, inviting touch and contemplation.
36 × 48 × 1.5” Original Mixed Media on Cradled Wood Panel
Desire spoken softly
Erato does not rush.
She arrives as a pull rather than a call—an intimacy felt before it is named. This work holds the tenderness of connection, where emotion moves like water beneath the surface, shaping everything it touches. Light gathers and releases across layered wax and image, suggesting devotion that deepens with time.
Erato belongs in spaces of closeness and reflection—bedrooms, reading rooms, private corners where feeling is allowed to linger. Her presence is sensual without spectacle, romantic without excess.
In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Nine Muses, the muse of love poetry, lyric song, and intimate expression. She inspires words spoken from the heart—odes of longing, devotion, and union. Often depicted with a lyre or crowned with roses, Erato governs the language of connection: love remembered, love promised, love quietly endured.
Her gift is resonance. Erato reminds us that love is not always declared aloud; sometimes it is written into the body, into memory, into the spaces we choose to inhabit. Her story honors emotion as art itself—felt deeply, expressed gently, and carried forward like a current.
A one-of-a-kind encaustic mixed media painting — where photography, molten beeswax, and oils merge to reveal a serene underwater world. Layers of texture and translucency create a luminous depth that can only be achieved through fire and time. The surface texture—subtle ripples and organic striations—echoes the natural movement of water and wind, inviting touch and contemplation.
36 × 48 × 1.5” Original Mixed Media on Cradled Wood Panel
