The Bombing of Ukraine

By A.Vonn Hartung

Because we are witnessing the invasion and bombing of Ukraine, I painted this Glimpse of the Sacred juxtaposed to the Profane. The innocent victims are protected by the sanctity of Saint Sophia cathedral with its magnificent spires shown in the foreground in Kyiv. They are juxtaposed to the shelling near Ukraine’s six Nuclear Reactors at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, and the devastation and destruction of War. The Ukrainian people are suffering Terror! A bombshell killed dozens of people waiting on line for food. Bombs have been destroying buildings and people’s homes, even destroying the zoo. What we are seeing in the resilience of the Ukrainian people is Democracy in Action! Indeed, ordinary people are putting themselves in front of tanks. Farmers are clearing roads with their tractors. Millions of bombed out families are trying to escape the terrorism of war. Courageous people around the world are raising our voices against these horrors.