In Sailing with Toys, Heatwole merges childhood nostalgia with cosmic wonder in a vivid, pointillist dreamscape. A bright red toy sailboat—reminiscent of one the artist once played with in the bathtub—drifts across stylized waves beneath a swirling, electric sky. Radiant blues and fragmented cloud forms surround a blazing sun that radiates with golden concentric circles and energetic rays, signaling an awakening or disruption. Below the surface, the ocean gives way to a mysterious world where an abstract octopus, formed of colorful dots and tendrils, emerges from the depths. Its curling limbs connect to luminous orbs, as if reaching for the surface—or perhaps memory itself.