Filters
Filters (4 applied)
Clear All- has sound : no (remove)
- has video : no (remove)
- maker : Churcher, Peter (remove)
- type : Art (remove)
-
Conflict (5)
-
related units (8)
-
related places (12)
- Middle East: Persian Gulf (47)
- Oceans: Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia (18)
- Asia: Afghanistan (16)
- Middle East: Bahrain (14)
- Middle East: United Arab Emirates, Dubai (14)
- Middle East (8)
- Middle East: Kuwait (8)
- Europe: Spain (6)
- Approximate locations: At sea (1)
- Asia: Afghanistan, Parwan Province, Bagram (1)
- Middle East: United Arab Emirates (1)
- Oceans: Indian Ocean (1)
Show More
Collection
116 Results
-
Alert 15, two-deck cafe, HMAS Kanimbla
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Figures of men waiting to be called to action. Both HMAS Kanimbla's and the US Navy Seal boarding parties play cards and 'Uckers' whilst waiting for boardings. Peter Churcher recalled, "Every evening...ART91754
-
A local man smoking a hookha
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
12th page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. Seated figure of a local man wearing a turban and smoking a hookha in the spice souk or spice market in Duba...ART91791.012
-
American A-10 bomber on flightline, Bagram air-base, Afghanistan; verso: Two men carrying a stretcher
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
An American A-10 bomber on the flightline at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. Peter Churcher recalled, "There is a ruined Afghan village visible in the background; heli-pads in foreground for landing em...ART91923
-
American B-52 bombers returning from, and arming for sorties into Afghanistan, Diego Garcia
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
American B-52 bombers parked on the runway. Peter Churcher recalled, "Whenever I caught the bus to Tent City I would pass the main American flight line where all the B-52 bombers were making sorties i...ART91775
-
Arrival of supplies, HMAS Kanimbla
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
A human chain handing supplies from the upper deck to storage below. Peter Churcher recalled, "On this particular morning an American supply ship had dropped off a shipment of food supplies for HMAS K...ART91786
-
Artist's notes; verso: Artist's notes
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
41st page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. Study for the drawing '"Jack" Daniels' (ART91787). It is a portrait of one of the older, and more experience...ART91791.041
-
August 20 (first day)
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
View of the mountains from the flightline at Bagram airbase, Afghanistan. Apache helicopter in foreground. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts ProgramART92409
-
Boarding party, HMAS Kanimbla
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Figures of men waiting to board the craft that will transfer them to the smuggling ships. Peter Churcher recalled, "Represented here is one of the boarding parties fully rigged aboard the craft that i...ART91758
-
Bosun's office, HMAS Kanimbla
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Officer seated in chair looking at computer screen with back to viewer, in the Bosun's office on board the HMAS Kanimbla in the North Persian Gulf. Peter Churcher recalled, "This is a drawing of one o...ART91781
-
Bull's head (right side of image); verso: Rams' head (left side of image) and text
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
31st page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. Bull's head (right side of image; left side is on the verso of ART91791.030); verso: Rams' head (left side o...ART91791.031
-
Captain at briefing
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
3rd page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. Two studies of a captain at a briefing session; the head only at upper left is in right profile; the seated u...ART91791.003
-
Cleaning weapons (right side of image); verso: Seated figure reading
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
20th page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. A group of navy men cleaning their weapons, possibly on a ship in the Persian Gulf (right side of image; lef...ART91791.020
-
Computer 'geek' in his office, Australian base, Kuwait
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
A soldier is working at a computer. He refers to himself as a computer 'geek'. Churcher recalled, "This fellow is one of the people 'behind the scenes' based in Doha, Kuwait, providing support for the...ART91917
-
Construction of bow block LHD2 (HMAS Adelaide)
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
As an Official War Artist, Peter Churcher was appointed in February 2002 to spend three weeks with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)in the Persian Gulf. He then flew to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean ...ART94608
-
Corporal McKelvie RAAF, Diego Garcia
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Portrait of female officer, Corporal McKelvie, RAAF, at Diego Garcia. Peter Churcher recalled, "There were only three Australian women on the island. I felt it was important to acknowledge one of them...ART91750
-
Customs check, Kuwait
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
A soldier's gear being checked by Australian customs. Peter Churcher recalled. "When the SAS return from Bagram, they must clean all their gear and have it checked and packed for return home by Austra...ART92406
-
Darkened ship, HMAS Kanimbla
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Night scene of the interior of the ship HMAS Kanimbla. Peter Churcher recalled, "This painting was done to show what it was like in the environment of the ship at night: the claustrophobic corridors a...ART91768
-
Dubai market
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
17th page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. A local vendor stands behind the counter of his shop in the Dubai market, his good displayed around him.ART91791.017
-
End of night watch shift, 6.30 am, HMAS Kanimbla
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Figure of a Australian seaman on night watch. Peter Churcher recalled, "This painting was the second version of the same subject I had painted up on the observation deck earlier. I began work between ...ART91776
-
Engine room one, HMAS Kanimbla, study for 'Stoker in engine room one, HMAS Kanimbla'
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Interior view of the engine room on HMAS Kanimbla in the North Persian Gulf.ART91778