SILENT GUARDIANS collection
The Silent Guardians are not people. They are the parts of ourselves that remain when everything else leaves.
They watch over memories, unfinished thoughts, hidden fears, lost dreams, and the truths we rarely speak aloud.
They do not guide. They do not judge. They simply remain. Silent. Patient. Eternal.
Every painting is a new encounter with them. A different atmosphere. A different state of mind. The same presence.
Perhaps they have been following us all along. Or perhaps they have been waiting for us to notice them.
Oil on canvas
160 × 200 cm
Artemis’ Note:
Dreams are overrated.
We spend our lives chasing them, protecting them, worshipping them.
Most dreams are pink. Soft. Beautiful. Predictable.
What changes us is not the dream.
It's the unexpected thing hidden inside it.
The guardians already know this.
They stand quietly among your dreams that will one day become reality, in your own way.
Watching. Waiting.
Oil on canvas
160 × 200 cm
Artemis’ Note:
Before answers, there was the cave.
Walls covered in scratches, symbols, and unfinished thoughts.
Most were forgotten.
The Silent Guardians remained.
The meanings disappeared.
The questions survived.
Contemporary abstract paintings by Artemis Orttu.
Each piece begins as a feeling rather than an idea. Working with texture, layering, silence, and intuition, I create large-scale original paintings that explore memory, beauty, and human experience.
Original works are available for collectors worldwide.