LEAVING THE VILLAGE, Oil on Canvas 60 x 60 cm, 2025; Nr. 25.16 The painting carries a strong symbolism and emotional message. At first glance, a figure stands out, bent under the weight of luggage. which can be understood as a metaphor for a difficult and demanding life. The village, depicted in a flat, partially abstracted manner, with a softly poured and at the same time broken colour flatness, gives a sense of memory, as it is a place that a person is leaving, perhaps forever. The warm yellow and orange tones of the houses flow into cooler blue and purple shadows, creating a contrast between a once cosy home and an uncertain, perhaps even cold future. This is a work that tells not only about an individual, but about a universal story of migration, about loss and perhaps about the uncertain beginning of a new one. - AI art critic