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Teen Paints Ukrainian Cities to Raise Funds

우크라이나 도시들을 그려서 기부금을 모으고 있는 10대 청소년 

To say 14-year-old Ella Bramlett is 1talented is an 2understatement.

“I’ve been painting my whole life.”

She and her brothers also play the violin at places like the Ryman, the Schermerhorn, and the Grand Ole Opry.

“The arts is very much in my family.”

Two years ago she started leaning into her 3artistic talent selling her artwork.

“I’ve tried a bunch of different mediums and everything and... I don’t know, I feel like 4watercolor has just been the one that I’ve connected with most.”

Up until a few weeks ago, her work had been a way to 5express herself. But then as the conflict in Ukraine started, her work quickly became about others.

“We were all watching the news together and I’m always painting when I’m watching TV so I’ve... we were like witnessing Kiev being bombed and that’s 6heartbreaking to think about. I looked up a few pictures of Kiev and just started painting it.”

Within a few days Ella painted two Ukrainian cities, Kiev and Kharkiv. While we were visiting with her, she painted another one -- Mariupol.

“Those are two others that have been really 7influenced by all the 8bombing and stuff and those are two of the other hardest hit cities.”

Ella started selling her prints of her Ukraine cityscapes on her social media pages -- 9donated 100 percent of the profits to Sea Star Kids and Eastern European Missions.

“It’s something that concerns everyone because we’re, we’re all people and we’re all God’s children. And so we should all do what we can to help.”

Article: https://cnn.ybmnet.co.kr/cnn_class/2374