Mutual Rising Encaustic and Mixed Media on Birch Panel — Kim McCarthy

Together we rise.

Two strong trees stand side by side — gold-embellished, deeply rooted, their branches reaching and interweaving across a luminous sky of rose, violet and gold. A sacred spiral orb glows in the upper field, outlined in gold like a celestial blessing above them both.

Throughout the entire composition, tiny hand drawn spirals move like whispered energy — and real seeds are scattered within the encaustic layers, each one a quiet act of faith. We never know which seeds will take root. We only know that scattering them is itself an act of nurturing — of trust in what is still becoming.

This is the energy of mutual rising — two beings growing alongside each other, reaching toward the same light, held in the same sacred ground.

This work is deeply symbolic and intentionally open — every viewer brings their own interpretation, their own life experience, their own meaning to what they see. That is part of the gift.

Original Painting Details Medium: Encaustic and Mixed Media on Birch Panel Size: 18" x 18" x 1.5" unframed Sides painted black — ready to hang or frame Certificate of Authenticity included Original artwork wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in an insulated container that cradles and protects the work inside a shipping box

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