Mariia Kotiai

The heart of Ukraine

 

30х25х2  cm

 

ceramic plate, acrylic

When I was painting, I was thinking about the defender that this plate protected, I felt pain, because he could have sacrificed his life for all of us, for our Ukraine. I am very happy that he is alive and I am grateful to him. I wanted to convey my hope and faith in the inevitable victory of light over darkness. For this, I depicted a heart. The heart depicts fragments of everyone’s life. Love is very important for every person – love for parents, family, homeland… That’s why I depicted a family, mother, Crimea and storks – a symbol of family and happiness. Essentially – a symbol of Ukraine.