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Sunday of Sambath

Sunday of Sambath, Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings
Sunday of Sambath

Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings (Other)    11 x 17   

Year
2021
Prompt Response
Sambath is the mother of four adult children with whom she escaped the horrors of the Cambodian Civil War between the years 1975 and 1979. She is also my mother-in-law. Here s a depiction of Sambath seated outside in the early morning light. She is looking at me as I study her face. Her eyes tell a story of grief and loss that she lo longer wants to convey through words. It is the story of losing 2 children to execution and starvation and the loss of her husband to famine and disease under the occupation of the Khmer Rouge regime.