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a portrait of a family at a dinner table

Father is dressed in grim face and a white shirt, His unfriendly face could win the heart of Hitler – mother combed her hair this time and her deep brown eyes carries heavy love for her family. in the painting i am sitting right in front of the grim face with my eyes bent as if afraid to look and my sister is dressed in a baby blue dress, her hair is weaved and her eyes are so sad, so so sad as if she has just lost her child through stillbirth. the artist it seems has paid attention to detail in his work plates are filled with food and glasses are empty of joy, but it is the discomfort in our hearts that is missing on this painting the painting and the artist failed to save us, failed to reveal fear in our hearts with his brushstrokes –

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