Magik Stix

This painting depicts a child holding a torn human heart, gently coloring the tear with a crayon. On the table beside them sits a crayon box, relabeled “Magic Sticks,” transforming it into a toolbox of imagination. The scene captures the quiet strength of unconditional love—how even the simplest gestures, when rooted in care and compassion, can feel as though they’re mending even the deepest wounds.

As a mother, I was inspired by the profound, boundless love I share with my own children. Their affection and imagination remind me that love—pure and freely given—has a unique power to comfort, to heal, and to make us feel whole, even if only for a moment. This piece reflects that emotional truth: that love, in its most genuine form, carries a kind of quiet magic