in the halls of the national museum, the kyiv art gallery, an exhibition of paintings by hanna kryvolaphibition are portraits that no one ordered and no one asked to write, on them are those who defend us and our peace, the work was inspired by the story of the fallen commander serhiy derduga, it was his image that became the first in a series of portraits. from that time i started working, and it seemed to me that i really, i should paint portraits, portraits of those people who pave this, the world for us. these are the people i know, these are the people i am told about, these are the people with whom, as it were, my life touches. among the images of defenders, there is also an image of maria nazarova, an instructor in tactical medicine, her portrait was inspired by a meeting with the girl, hanna explains: her cheerfulness and strength, even in such dark times, i am delighted, i have never been to the other side of the canvas, to me i like it very much, i am amazed that, as in various fields of art, people find the desire to write about the war, next to the portraits , the exhibition