The background of this painting is one with brokenness…there are broken bricks all over, the fence is torn and smoke fill the atmosphere… Two children stand together in the midst of all this. Their clothes larger than themselves…The little girl holds a loaf of bread with her dear life…her only possession. So many emotions surround their lives at this point, are they angry or sad, in shock or fear their days ahead? They do not realize that they are finally free…that the war has been won! But for these children who paid the price on behalf of someone's greed, is this freedom? The artist has truly created a very thought provoking painting…
