War / by Linda Marie Martinez

I found an image of an old painting I made of my grandfather, Alberto. He was a photographer/paratrooper in the Korean war and I created the painting using his war photos as references. I’ve been thinking about all the hardships he must have endured at war. It’s such a scary, sobering, and surreal experience to see a war unfolding in my lifetime. I wonder if I’m going to experience some of the same things my grandparents did.