painting: My Home

I painted this digital artwork during the first three days of the war, without internet access, entirely from imagination, without any model.

In this digital painting, a girl with blue and purple skin — colors often associated with sorrow, shock, and a sense of timelessness — stands before a window where a missile is approaching. With her arms outstretched, she seems to be trying to stop the war from entering her home — a home where the warmth of childhood is still alive through the presence of a small teddy bear This contrast between the most innocent element of life — the teddy bear — and the most brutal symbol of war — the missile — reveals a deep rupture in the reality of war: war does not only happen on the battlefield, but inside homes, in the hearts of children and women. This piece is a depiction of individual resistance against collective violence.

The colors — from the red carpet that seems to bleed, to the cold tones of the girl’s face — symbolize pain, danger, and yet, a faint sense of hope. The girl’s eyes, steady and filled with worry, are not mere observers; they are actively resisting.