Still Here, Still Blooming

Some paintings are about getting through. Still Here, Still Blooming gathers the works of Artis Berkmanis about hope that survives what should have ended it — persistence, rebirth and the stubborn will to keep growing.

In Everything was already burning, but I kept blooming the feeling is painful persistence. Can’t fly? Climb. is about faith and determination, I am a beginning, not an ending about letting go and lightness, and The tracks carried the names away; the flowers remember them about hope that is stronger than grief.

These paintings are for anyone starting again, or a gift for someone who needs a reminder that they are still here. Each painting has its own page with the story behind it; some are also available as canvas prints.