WEEK 3 – Lunch in Dubrovnik - Oil on linen 10" x 10"

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This was from the walled city of Dubrovnik. It was quite something to walk in the streets of this old city.

On October 1, 1991 Dubrovnik was attacked by the JNA with a siege of Dubrovnik that lasted for seven months. The heaviest artillery attack happened on December 6 with 19 people killed and 60 wounded. Total casualties in the conflict according to the Croatian Red Cross were 114 killed civilians, among them the celebrated poet Milan Milisić. In May 1992 the Croatian Army liberated Dubrovnik and its surroundings, but the danger of JNA sudden attacks lasted for another three years.
Following the end of the war, the damage caused by shelling of the Old Town was repaired.

There are still remnants of war marking the city walls and streets. This painting depicts two residents looking for lunch, I call it Lunch in Dubrovnik.