Large Paintings 2021 - 19
A Water Hole (inspired by a photograph posted by the Aleppo Media Center.)
Oil on canvas
6'x10' (180x300cm)
2020
The AMC's tweet reads: "Whatever Assad has done in Aleppo, life isn't over -- its children make a new life in every site destroyed by his rockets. Sheikh Saeed District #AleppoAMC."
The makeshift swimming pool was in the southern district of Sheikh Saee. Under the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, people have suffered from brutal conflict — ongoing missile attacks, bombs and artillery fire — for several years.
Additional information on the image source at
https://english.alarabiya.net/perspective/features/2014/07/15/IN-SYRIA-S-ALEPPO-CHILDREN-SWIM-IN-BOMB-CRATERS-