The word "martyr" comes frome the greek mártys, meaning "witness". My guanay cormorant with its wings spread is a witness to life, that is bold enough to also contemplate death. It is an embrace to existence, as painful adn beautiful as it may be. 

Watercolor and aquabronze (bronze pigment) on 300-gram 100% cotton paper. (2025)

Size: 21.4x17.3cm