"PERSIST" ORIGINAL

• Size (h w d): 50 x 40 in
• Medium: Acrylic On Canvas
• Subject Matter: Portrait
• Type: Painting
• Creation Date: January 11, 2022

In the harrowing days when the specter of COVID-19 shrouded the world in fear and sorrow, a resilient nurse, shrouded in the impersonal protection of a hazmat suit, navigates the labyrinth of despair within hospital walls that echo with the silent screams of the unseen enemy. Each day is a battle against an invisible assailant, a dance with death and life in the dimmed corridors lined with the defeated breaths of those succumbing to the viral onslaught. The nurse's heart is a vessel of hope in a sea of anguish, burdened with the weight of witnessing the relentless march of mortality, stealing the warmth of life from the eyes of the stricken. With every fallen patient, a fragment of their soul seems to dissipate into the sterile air, leaving them wandering in a world teetering on the fragile brink between hope and desolation, clinging to the flickering flame of humanity within, whispering silent prayers for the dawn of healing and solace.