The 34-year-old American artist Li Zhelu sold his paintings for charity, and the proceeds were donated to organizations that help Ukrainian women and children.

(Photo by reporter Cai Yunrong)

[Reporter Cai Yunrong/Yilan Report] 34-year-old American painter Andrew Rizzardi is the son-in-law of Yilan. He once taught in Ukraine and has a special affection for Ukraine.

When Russia sent troops to invade Uzbekistan last year, Li Zhelu, who hoped to do his part, completed several paintings one after another, and hoped to use the charity sale to raise funds and donate to Uzbekistan; one of the works "Blue Magpie, Liman" commemorated his death in Uzbekistan Zeng Shengguang, a young man from Hualien, thank you for this friend from afar, the brave man standing there, watching over Ukraine.

In the summer of 2008, Li Zhelu taught English and art in the Crimea Peninsula. Although the time was not long, he left good memories and made many friends.

In 2014, Russia invaded Crimea, which was regarded as the beginning of the Ukrainian-Russian War. Li Zhelu watched the news reports and knew that he could not go back to Crimea. He felt very sad, so he painted his feelings for Ukraine into three pictures paintings.

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In February 2022, Russia sent troops to invade Ukraine, and the conflict officially turned into a full-scale war, which prompted Li Zhelu to think about "what can I do?" After painting "Yilan to Ukraine" in 6 months, he continued Completed 8 paintings, plus 3 paintings from 2014, accumulative total of 12 paintings, starting from today to bid for charity sale on the Internet until 9:00 pm on February 5th.

The 12 works contain ingenuity.

Li Zhelu walked among the three-star fields in Yilan, looking at the cloudless blue sky and the rice fields gradually turning yellow. The blue and yellow color scheme resembles the Ukrainian flag, so he painted this painting and named it "Yilan to Ukraine", hoping to bring The heart is passed from Yilan to Uzbekistan.

The work "Blue Magpie, Liman" depicts a Taiwanese blue magpie looking at the wheat field, which is one of the rural scenes in Ukraine, symbolizing Zeng Shengguang, a 25-year-old Hualien aborigine youth who watched over the Ukrainian country and thanked him for his selfless dedication.

Zeng Shengguang voluntarily joined the Independent Rifle Battalion of the Ukrainian Carpathian Armed Forces. On November 2 last year, he was injured while performing a combat mission in Lyman, a strategic town in Eastern Ukraine. .

Sergei, the chef of the Ukrainian restaurant "Bale Dog" in Yilan, is from Uzbekistan. He and his Taiwanese wife, Sun Xiaozhuang, the owner of Gua Le Dog, once sold Ukrainian homemade meatballs for charity, and successfully donated money to Ukrainian non-governmental organizations. Many people heard about it. Give the bazaar to the guava dog to raise funds and donate money on its behalf.

Sun Xiaozhuang said that after the war, news about the tragic death of the Ukrainian people and the destruction of their families made people feel very heavy. She and Seji will continue to pay attention to the news of Uzbekistan.

Li Zhelu is a frequent visitor of Guava. The money raised will be handled by Guava and donated to organizations that help women and children in Uzbekistan. For details, please go to the charity sale form (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W -Ph68OFhKFdXY3Yme40AUYVSBLiF3s0uYSwkHPDiII/edit), or contact the Guava Facebook fan page.

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