Sarajevo Rose

About this artwork

A Sarajevo Rose is a memorial in Sarajevo made from concrete scar caused by a mortar shell's explosion that was later filled with red resin. Mortar rounds landing on concrete during the siege of Sarajevo created a unique fragmentation pattern that looks almost floral in arrangement, and therefore have been named "rose". There are around 200 "roses" in the entire city, and they are marked on locations where at least three people were killed during the siege of Sarajevo. (Credit Wikipedia.) When i visited the city and saw the roses, I envisioned what it might have been like at the time of the explosion. This is my tribute to the people of the city. The painting is double matted and framed in a traditional 16x20 black wood frame.