last e1august, maria louisa filatova fled her home in zaporizhzhia, which is close to a nuclear power japan for a short timet] for nearly three months, she joined an internationale1 artis and residence program where she focused on expanding her artist ic outcome. last november, after completing her seventh landscape painting, she returned to quk4!9ñ she felt unable to continue living inq the safety of japan while others in her ho faced relentless suffering. we interviewed her about the work shefáe1 has painted since return to her e1war-ravaged homela homeland. >> i now continue my work for making bigq paintings. when i was in japan painting, it was for, like, what gave mey feelingi] of peaceful, which i really miss. >> reporter: before the war, sh1 predominantly drew monochrome portraits, but her style dramatically shifted after the invasion. in japan, she painted colorfulf landscapes, something she had always aspiredi] totycreate. no longer certain what the next daye1 would bring, she wanted t capture the moment through this new form of self-expression. during her time in japan, she