THIS WATERCOLOR PAINTING DEPICTS THE "BATTLE OF ZHOVTI VODY (1648)", A HISTORIC CLASH BETWEEN THE POLISH ARMY AND THE FORCES OF THE CRIMEAN KHANATE, AS DESCRIBED IN HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ’S NOVEL "WITH FIRE AND SWORD". THE BATTLE, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN MAY 1648 NEAR THE YELLOW WATERS RIVER IN MODERN-DAY UKRAINE, MARKED A SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINT IN THE COSSACK UPRISING LED BY BOHDAN KHMELNYTSKY AND ALLIED WITH KHAN TUGAY BEY. MY ARTWORK CAPTURES THE INTENSITY OF THIS ENCOUNTER, REFLECTING THE COURAGE AND TURMOIL OF THIS DEFINING MOMENT IN HISTORY.