The Wound Is a Witness

Pain leaves a mark, and the mark remembers. The Wound Is a Witness is a series about grief, regret and loss — and about what stays alive after it.

I love you, Dad! is about longing and love that cannot be expressed in words. Forgive me carries pain that does not fade, One airplane, two prayers the contradictory guilt of relief, and The tracks carried the names away; the flowers remember them hope that is stronger than grief.

A painting from this series can be a way to keep a memory, or a gift for someone who has lost a person they love. Each one has its own page with the story behind it; some are also available as canvas prints.

Relief — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a woman in a wet white dress arching back in water, with smoke and fire behind her Original artwork Relief Price on request Balance was not peace canvas print by Artis Berkmanis – abstract red arc, grey sphere and gold lines on dark textured background Canvas print Balance was not peace From €35,00 I love you, Dad! — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: childlike figures drawn on a rain-covered window, a lone father figure beyond Original artwork I love you, Dad! Price on request Balance was not peace — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: an abstract red arc, grey sphere and gold lines on a dark textured background Original artwork Balance was not peace Price on request The tracks carried the names away; the flowers remember them — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: white daisies growing between railway tracks in black and white Original artwork The tracks carried the names away; the flowers remember them 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 Forgive me — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a wooden cross with bloodied nails and a crown of thorns on sand Original artwork Forgive me Price on request One airplane, two prayers — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a warplane diving through black smoke over treetops, in black and white Original artwork One airplane, two prayers Price on request I love you, Dad! canvas print by Artis Berkmanis – childlike figures on a rain-covered window, a lone father figure beyond, muted colours Canvas print I love you, Dad! From €59,00 You suffocated me. You hit me. But my heart still beats — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: swirling abstract strokes of red, blue and green Original artwork You suffocated me. You hit me. But my heart still beats. Sold The flower that became a catastrophe — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a flower exploding into fiery red, orange and gold Original artwork The flower that became a catastrophe. Sold Everything was already burning, but I kept blooming — original painting by Artis Berkmanis: a red flower burning with a flame in a misty grey forest Original artwork Everything was already burning, but I kept blooming. Sold

Choose by feeling.

Beautiful, But Not HarmlessBetween Order and ChaosChosen SolitudeLove UnspokenSoftness Is Not SurrenderStill Here, Still BloomingThe Distance Inside UsThe Quiet FightYou Can Look, But Not Possess

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