Frommy window

I painted this autumn landscape in France, remembering the view from the window of my home in Dnipriany, where I was born and grew up. The colours of the shore and the expanse of water have stayed with me across the distance. War and flooding have changed these places; I do not know what remains of that shore today. This painting holds the landscape as I remember it, with its warmth and light. We cannot bring the past back, but we can make room for it: for me, this view is still a way of coming home.