A charity exhibition and online auction of 16 original paintings by Artis Berkmanis and 5 original paintings by Monta Krafte.
See the paintingsA Latvian initiative that brings comfort, care, and human warmth to children spending long days in hospital.
Each painting starts at €50. The minimum bid step is €5. To place a bid, you sign in with your email and receive a one-time verification code. No password is needed.
Each winning bidder will receive a secure payment link by email. Guests who attend the closing event may receive their painting directly from the artist. All other winning works will be carefully packed and delivered after payment is completed.
After taxes, ninety percent of the auction proceeds will be donated to the initiative Lielas rūpes par mazajiem. The remaining ten percent will stay with the artist to help cover painting materials and the creation of future work.
A Latvian initiative that helps children who are in hospital without a parent or close caregiver beside them.
Lielas rūpes par mazajiem provides loving and competent caregivers for children who are being treated alone at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital in Riga.
The initiative was created on 5 February 2018 by Latvijas Kristīgā alianse bāreņiem. Its work supports children from social care institutions, foster and guardian families, adoptive families, and larger families when a child needs someone to stay close during hospital treatment.
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Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Exotic, hot, curious, sensual, and slightly dangerous. A small original painting where beauty does not feel completely harmless.
18 x 24 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Sadness, anger, sacrifice, transformation, final dignity slowly burning…
15 x 20 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Explosive, fateful, hot, painfully majestic, apocalyptic.
40 x 30 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Solitude, majesty, instinct, freedom, evening tension, self-respect…
35 x 27 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Hope, silence, endurance, the first warmth, vulnerable life.
35 x 27 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Solitude, hope, signal, distance, direction, silence, inner fire, passion.
18 x 24 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Joy, mystery, lightness, flirtation, the unspoken, fragmentary closeness…but perhaps – the smile is a mask?
18 x 24 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Fog, solitude, memory, uncertainty, tiredness, waiting, disappearance.
40 x 50 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Transition, choice, contrast, unrest, city reflection, nature against chaos, inner division.
40 x 30 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Awakening, impact, hope, chaos, victory of light, emotional explosion, transition.
15 x 15 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Freedom, pride, anxiety, wilderness, strength, wounded beauty, defiance. “I have not reacted yet. But that does not mean you may continue.”
15 x 15 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Mysterious elegance, temptation, the illusion of fragility, dark beauty, quiet power.
40 x 50 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Post-separation elegance, solitude, self-respect, a wet city night, strength beneath delicacy, beauty in motion.
35 x 28 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Getting lost, sunken consciousness, suppressed chaos, dark beauty, unexpressed pain, subconscious. A dark ritual, emotional vomiting, attic exorcism, confession of colors, an act of survival. Resistance to collapse.
40 x 30 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Silence, desire, solitude, restraint, bodily memory, mystery, the tension between emptiness and closeness.
40 x 20 cm
Artist: Artis Berkmanis
Curiosity, alertness, unconscious fragility, defiance…”I do not yet know that I cannot”
10 x 10 cm
