Opa’s klaprozen, oil on canvas, 40x50cm, 2024

This work was donated to an exhibition at the Museo del Fiume di Nazzano, organized to raise funds for the Palestinian Red Crescent.

As a reference for this painting Jasmijn Doukje used a picture of her late grandpa’s garden full of anemone coronaria flowers. This flower’s nickname is the Palestinian poppy, as it is also the national flower of Palestine. As a symbol of grief I have used a traditional dot work technique that originated in Staphorst, the Netherlands. It was a choice to mainly use the color blue in this dot work pattern, as this color is used in times of grief.