Nadine Elkasri: The Castle
![The TV Room (2023). Oil painting of the view of a room from outside the doorway. The room is filled with a white sectional couch, short table with white tablecloth, white drapes on the windows, and pale yellow walls.](https://aap.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/photo-gallery-large/public/collective/Castle%20inline.png?itok=_IPrF9iV)
The TV Room (2023), oil on canvas, 24" x 36". image / provided
The Castle features a series of oil paintings that depicts the space between two cultures and explores the relationship between longing and belonging. Each piece is an expression of my personal journey to fit myself into a world that I am physically and emotionally absent from.