Recreating home
Mai Yazid Abubaraka
2006 - Present
Year 2026
Medium Oil on Canvas
Dimensions 22H × 15W
Location Gaza
Materials Unknown
Artist Notes
After losing my home in May 2025, I began trying to recreate the feeling of home. I searched for it in many things and places, but all my efforts came to nothing—no place feels like my home anymore! I decided to give my colors a chance. I picked up my brush and began to reimagine my home. This scene doesn’t resemble my home in its design—not even the grove of trees or the lake full of ducks—but I wanted to give my home a new form. I wanted to recreate it in a more intimate way and make it burst with color and life.
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