She’s just sitting there, hand against her face, eyes wide, that sick feeling of waiting – because what else can you do? Big green eyes, but they don’t shine like they should. It’s that kind of worry that sits in your chest, heavy. The kind that comes when the world cracks open, when war isn’t just something distant but something real, something now. Painted in early 2022, as the war in Ukraine broke out, when hope and fear blurred into one. 
 
Acrylic on bamboo paper
2022 (Canggu, Bali, Indonesia)
40 x 30 cm