I am still here (2025) Original Mixed-media Painting by Gela MIKAVA

This work speaks to absence — of care, of truth, of nourishment. The burned, stained papers carry a simple but heavy message: “They left us flags, not food.”
It’s about systems that offer symbols instead of solutions. The layered textures, raw marks, and handwritten words resist silence.
It’s a quiet kind of protest. A refusal to disappear.

Materials used:

acrylic,oil,watercolor,pastel, and paper on soviet-era cotton fabric

Details:

• Mixed-media painting on Fabric
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 137 x 160 x 3cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Abstract
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative