Witness, 2026, acrylic, 24 x 20 in. / 60.96 x 50.8 cm.

Witness, Nathaniel Martin, 2026, acrylic, 24 x 20 in. / 60.96 x 50.8 cm.

In Arabic, shaheed means both witness and martyr. The wounded figure wears the same faceless form used to depict God throughout this series, as the painter understands martyrdom as union, where the distinction between witness and witnessed collapses.