What Dose War Bring
Lost
Oil on canvas | 36 x 48 in
New York, 2023
Lonely
Oil on canvas | 36 x 48 in
New York, 2023
Father and son
Oil on canvas | 36 x 48 in
New York, 2023
Lover
Oil on canvas | 36 x 48 in
New York, 2023
A Family at War
Oil on canvas | 36 x 48 in
New York, 2023
About my work "Lost'' takes on the theme of war. In a news segment showing the war, I saw a father/mother holding her dead child and kneeling in despair. It was shocking and saddening.
In my paintings, I purposely did not paint the faces of the survivors. There is no way to truly convey the complex emotions of a parent who has lost a child. It was a face of pain, sadness, horror and despair. I leave room for imagination and allow the viewer to experience and feel these emotions. I chose red as the background because it symbolizes blood and violence, reminding people of the bloodshed and loss of life caused by war.
No war brings more meaning than innocent lives and souls, whether they are the lives of soldiers or civilians. I wish for world peace.
In this painting, I depict the universal condition faced by soldiers after war. The figure is curled up with arms wrapped around the body, forming a posture of self-defense. This conveys emotions of loneliness, fear, and oppression, while bearing the unbearable weight of post-war psychological trauma.
This painting portrays a father and child in war. The father’s figure stands as a shield, while the child appears fragile and helpless. Brown symbolizes earth and resilience, while the gray-white background conveys desolation.
The child’s head, painted in pink, green, black, and red, represents innocence, broken hope, and trauma. The work reflects the tension between kinship and war, and the fragility of innocent lives in conflict.
In this painting, I depict a survivor holding their deceased lover in war. One hand supports the lover’s head, caught in an irreversible stillness and despair.
I use pink as the main color to symbolize romance and love, while the deep reds represent blood and wounds. Love and death are intertwined. I want to express that war is not only the destruction of life, but also the breaking of the most intimate human bonds.
In this piece I am showing the despair of a family in the midst of war. I have used large areas of black and blue for this piece, a metaphor for death and sadness. The father and mother are huddled together, each holding a child. Facing different directions is a metaphor for permanent separation.
War will end, but broken families can never be repaired. The country and the government can have peace, but for those who lost their families in the war, there can never be peace inside. Through my works, I hope to criticize the government in power that started the war and deeply reflect on the irreversible devastation caused by war.