Babushka in Yellow Kerchief, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 13 x 13 in. / 33.02 x 33.02 cm.

Babushka in Yellow Kerchief, Mary Wertsch, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 13 x 13 in. / 33.02 x 33.02 cm.

Eastern European Babushka in Yellow Kerchief: The babushkas (grandmas) of Eastern Europe work extremely hard, raise generations of children, put up with abusive men, and pick up rifles to defend their turf. They are desperately needed, often overlooked. One day their kind will disappear.