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6 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2010 Crooked Tree. Crooked Cane As we traveled around the country we were particularly struck by the plight of many of the older pensioners in Ukraine , who were caught in the gap between the old socialist system and the new free economy and forced to work or beg to eke out a meager existence. Their circumstances, their strength in facing adversity, their quiet calm, certainty and Outside the Garden’s Gate dignity sparked a desire to honor them. I wanted to paint them . I took photographs from afar, unbeknownst to them, that I would later use for my painting. There was on e exception — the subject of my first babusia painting “Quietude , ” a woman I had met in my mother’s house in Ukraine, a friend of the family. One evening , I saw her sitting in the dining room with the light of the setting sun on her face, and at that moment, her countenance and demeanor bore a striking resemblance to my mother’s and showed me what my mother might have looked like had she lived longer. Hutsulka Ksenia The rest of my babusias were strangers whom I never met until I began painting them several years later. As I painted, a relationship developed with each of them They evoked emotions in me that I tried to capture, and my admiration for them grew. Most were subjects for several paintings. “Crooked Tree, Crooked Cane” was in - spired by an old woman walking back from the market in Lviv. There was a certain individuality about her that I found appealing. “Outside the Garden Gate” captures a woman of advanced ag e standing near the road in a small village we drove through. She and the wildflowers she was admiring seemed to share an extreme frailty. “Hutsulka Ksenia (at 80)” was inspired by a very hunched but very energetic older woman we encountered in a small tow n in the Carpathian Mountains. I named her Hutsulka Ksenia because the energy and determination she displayed is how I envision the spirit of the girl in the song at the age of 80. These paintings capture scenes that one sees all too often in Ukraine: elde rly people who are still fully engaged in the business of trying to earn a living . T he character they display in their quest to get on with their daily lives has inspired this series of painting . – Tatijana Jacenkiw Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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