CHIRON Print

"In Greek mythology, Chiron was the wounded healer. He was wise, gentle, and gifted with the power to teach and heal others, but he carried a wound he could not close in himself. In astrology, Chiron marks our deepest vulnerability: the pain we inherit, survive, and spend our lives learning how to understand.

This block print is my version of Chiron.

He is a trans man looking toward the future, with top surgery scars across his chest. The scars are signs of becoming, of choosing oneself. He is guarded but still open. Hurt but still tender. His arms are held behind his back, leaving his chest exposed. The posture feels restrained, but not powerless. He is not hiding from the wound and instead letting it be seen.

While making this piece, I kept hearing the words from Mitski’s “I Love Me After You”: Let the darkness see me. The night is mine, all on my own now. I love me after you. To me, those words are about standing inside the parts of ourselves we were once taught to hide. They are about claiming the dark, not as something to fear, but as something that belongs to us too.

I chose to portray starbursts instead of ordinary stars. They feel like flashes of rupture, guidance, protection, and arrival. They represent the unseen forces that move us toward ourselves.

This piece is an ode to trans and non-binary people who have had to become their own wounded healers. It honors those who use pain as a source of teaching, helping, protecting, and loving.

The design is inspired by a 1990s celestial astrology book I was gifted as a child. The print is painted in cyan, a color between blue and green. Its clear, water-like quality gives the piece a celestial and fluid feeling, connecting the body to the sky, the starbursts, and the possibility of becoming." - Ke Martins, Artist

CHIRON is an original linocut print created on quality rice paper. Size is 8.5" x 11". Choose your favorite color in red, blue, or black. Limited edition signed by the artist.