gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me / I think I could stop here myself and do miracles 30″x30″ encaustic, mixed media, gold foil on birch panel ©Natalie Salminen Rude 2025

there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell |  12″x12″ encaustic, mixed media, gold foil on birch panel ©Natalie Salminen Rude

pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating | 12″x12″ encaustic, mixed media, gold leaf on birch panel ©Natalie Salminen Rude 2025

from this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines | 12″x12″ encaustic, mixed media, gold foil on birch panel © Natalie Salminen Rude 2025

glorious gospel / bearing fruit and growing Light / in perpetuum | 18″x30″ encaustics on birch panel ©Natalie Salminen Rude 2024

floral crown of sorts / though fragrance comes by crushing / spikenard in her hair | 18″x30″ encaustic on birch panel ©Natalie Salminen Rude 2024

take this as a sign / bring your gifts into focus / manifestation | 30″x40″ encaustic, mixed media on panel ©Natalie Salminen Rude 2024

hidden in the fields /
what to do with our losses? /
thresh them for treasure |
12″x48″
encaustic, mixed media on birch panel ©Natalie Salminen Rude 2024

bitter roots, fruitless / hope’s green edge will grow instead / garden of mercy | 22″x48″ encaustic, mixed media on birch panel ©Natalie Salminen Rude 2024