The Eternal Witnesses | Egyptian Watercolour Canvas Print by Alexandra Adams
The Eternal Witnesses | Egyptian Watercolour Canvas Print by Alexandra Adams
Before We Forgot Collection
Long before museums preserved them behind glass, they were created to accompany souls into eternity.
Guardians of memory. Symbols of devotion. Quiet companions entrusted with carrying stories beyond the limits of mortal time.
Created from an original photograph captured by Alexandra Adams, this artwork has been transformed through a contemporary watercolour process that softens the boundaries between past and present, allowing these ancient forms to speak once more with tenderness and humanity.
The Eternal Witnesses portrays three funerary figures standing together in silent communion. Though centuries have passed since their creation, their expressions remain remarkably familiar. There is dignity in their stillness. Compassion in their watchfulness. A profound reminder that humanity has always wrestled with the same mysteries: love, loss, mortality and the hope that something of us continues.
Part of the Before We Forgot Collection, this piece reflects upon remembrance itself.
The people who shaped these objects are gone.
The voices that once spoke their names have faded.
Yet these figures endure.
They remain as witnesses—not only to the civilisation that created them, but to our shared human longing to be remembered and to believe that our lives hold meaning beyond our brief passage through time.
As our modern world asks new questions about consciousness, existence and what lies beyond what we can see, The Eternal Witnesses gently reminds us that these questions are not new.
We have always searched.
We have always hoped.
And we have always left traces of ourselves behind.
Before we forgot, we understood that to remember one another was its own form of immortality.
Collection
Before We Forgot
Artwork Title
The Eternal Witnesses
Artist
Alexandra Adams
Medium
Original photography reimagined through a contemporary digital watercolour process.
Printed as a premium float framed canvas using archival inks and sustainably sourced materials through Gelato.
Available Sizes
- 45 × 60 cm
- 50 × 70 cm
- 60 × 90 cm
Symbolism
The Three Figures – continuity across generations and the enduring presence of those who came before us.
Funerary Guardians – protection, guidance and the hope of safe passage beyond the known world.
Hieroglyphic Inscriptions – stories preserved through symbols when voices themselves have fallen silent.
Their Silent Gaze – the witness of time and the understanding that human experience transcends centuries.
Together, these elements invite us to contemplate what we choose to preserve, what we pass forward and how we ourselves wish to be remembered.
Inspiration
Inspired by ancient Egyptian funerary objects and humanity’s enduring relationship with memory, The Eternal Witnesses explores the idea that remembrance is one of our oldest and most sacred acts.
Room Suggestions
Library, study, meditation room, entrance hallway, boutique hotel interior, reading nook or any contemplative living space.
Audience
Collectors of spiritual art, lovers of ancient cultures, history enthusiasts, seekers drawn to themes of remembrance and those who appreciate meaningful, museum-inspired interiors.
The Before We Forgot Story
Before We Forgot is a collection of original photographs transformed into contemporary watercolour artworks that honour the intelligence, spirituality and symbolic richness of ancient civilisations. Inspired by enduring questions of consciousness, remembrance and humanity’s place within the cosmos, each piece invites us to reconnect with truths that transcend time.
Because perhaps immortality is not found in living forever—
but in the love, wisdom and stories that continue to shape the generations that follow.