Softness Is Not Surrender

Gentleness is a kind of strength. Softness Is Not Surrender is a series about vulnerability that does not break — about staying open, letting go and growing without becoming hard.

I am is a quiet, unobtrusive presence and a gentle opening. I still feel is protected vulnerability, Not every leaving is a loss. is elegant solitude after the storm, and I grew out of what held me back is about rebirth and conscious breaking out.

These paintings are for people who know that soft does not mean weak. Each one has its own page with the story behind it; some are also available as canvas prints.

I am sweatshirt by Art-is-Artis – white sweatshirt with a pale green flower printed at the lower front, flat front view Wearable artwork I am — Sweatshirt €69,00 Do not mistake silence for surrender! canvas print by Artis Berkmanis – a wild horse in thick red, green and dark strokes against a blue and yellow sky Canvas print Do not mistake silence for surrender! From €29,00 I am a beginning, not an ending canvas print by Artis Berkmanis – a single dandelion seed lifting off into a clear blue sky beside green foliage Canvas print I am a beginning, not an ending From €35,00 I am canvas print by Artis Berkmanis – white water lily on a deep blue background Canvas print I am From €35,00 I am not only what you see — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a woman’s torso in a black bra with a white cloth around her hips Original artwork I am not only what you see Sold Do not cross the boundary, even if you cannot see it — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a black panther’s face with an amber eye, outlined in gold on black Original artwork Do not cross the boundary, even if you cannot see it Sold Seeing is not the same as knowing — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a woman seen from behind in lace, painted in soft grey tones Original artwork Seeing is not the same as knowing Price on request No one interrupted being… — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a lone tree on a small island reflected in still blue water Original artwork No one interrupted being… Price on request I am a beginning, not an ending — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a dandelion seed lifting off into a clear blue sky Original artwork I am a beginning, not an ending Price on request I grew out of what held me back — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a figure growing into a tree amid splashes of green, orange and red Original artwork I grew out of what held me back Price on request I am — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a white water lily on a deep blue background Original artwork I am Price on request I still feel — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a woman’s face, half cracked and pale blue, half warm with red hair Original artwork I still feel Price on request Nudity does not belong to the viewer — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a figure painted in inverted black-and-white tones Original artwork Nudity does not belong to the viewer. Price on request I allowed myself to be seen — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a naked woman in the shower, seen as if through a thermal camera, her body radiating warmth Original artwork I allowed myself to be seen. Price on request Not every leaving is a loss — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a woman in a dark evening dress walking down a rainy, lamp-lit autumn street Original artwork Not every leaving is a loss. Sold Do not mistake silence for surrender! — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a horse’s head rising from a colourful wave of thick paint Original artwork Do not mistake silence for surrender! Sold No one said it's not allowed — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: purple crocuses blooming in the snow below mountains Original artwork No one said it's not allowed. Sold

Choose by feeling.

Beautiful, But Not HarmlessBetween Order and ChaosChosen SolitudeLove UnspokenStill Here, Still BloomingThe Distance Inside UsThe Quiet FightThe Wound Is a WitnessYou Can Look, But Not Possess

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