Marik

     It is my friend Marik. No one knew he had tuberculosis, only his mother and us: his hospital friends.  I was going to paint his portrait back in 2015, when we were both in the hospital. It was going to be one of the “Hold your breath” paintings. But then we had a stupid argument about politics, most likely because we both were going through the heavy TB treatment which was making us quite emotional.  I decided not to make his portrait. Time went on. We overcame the issue. But it was too late. Marik died on 14th July 2016. 

This painting is made 3 years after he passed away.

     According to WHO every 20 seconds we lose someone to TB in the world.