One-of-a-kind unique monotype, collage, alcohol transfers . Cancer means Crab in Greek. Egyptians described it as Scarabaeus (Scarab), the sacred emblem of immortality. In Babylonia they saw it as a turtle. It doesn’t look like any of those to me, so I focused on the light and dark of the Solstice, since Cancer dates are June 21 – July 22. Cancer includes an “important star cluster known as the 'beehive'. Through an optical telescope, its stars look like a swarm of bees” and contains over 1,000 stars!
 
12.5” x 16.5” Monotype, tetrapak drypoint, alcohol transfers, collage, vintage 1959 Antarctica map on Arnhem 1618 paper.
 
*This piece will be carefully shipped flat or rolled to ship in a sturdy cardboard tube.
 
**Matted and framed version: for local pickup only.