This is an 8x10 inch wooden framed original mixed media painting.

Materials: collectors postage stamps, 14k gold charm, freshwater pearl, glass beads, oil

The Worldrepresents a life cycle ending and a new one beginning. In tarot, it is the last image in the major arcana. It reveals it's time to recuperate and be ready for your next life cycle beginning again with The Fool! The Worldrepresents assured success and recompense. It can indicate travel and life changing moves. Joyous accomplishments and completion are a major theme with The World.

The image of this original painting is part of a series of tarot card illustrations. The series is my own version of each of the traditional 78 tarot cards by Rider, Smith, Waite. The version depicted by Rider, Smith, and Waite is the most widely used and most accurately depicted version; The symbolism carefully curated to represent each card's meaning. It has been an absolute pleasure using the Rider, Smith, Waite deck as the inspiration for my series!

The earliest known reference to Tarot Cards dates back to the 1440's. People used them as entertainment, pastime, and spiritual direction. Before the printing press nobility played with the actual hand painted cards!