Ashes at Dawn
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Based on a very poignant and powerful scene from "The Zookeeper's Wife" - a movie after the s/t novel by D. Ackerman about Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who saved hundreds of Jews by hiding them in their villa and zoo. The scene was about the Zabinski family waking up at sunrise and seeing from a tiny window it is snowing outside. This, however, is not snow, but ashes from the Warsaw ghetto burnt down during the night. This scene hit me on various levels.
About the Artist
Vanya Marinova
I am originally from Bulgaria. I have never been to art school, college or university. I started teaching myself drawing and painting with Betty Edwards' "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" and, at some point, continued by myself, experimenting with colours, light and shadow. I love painting…
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