| Place | Asia: Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART91916 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Framed: 38 cm x 42.7 cm x 4.3 cm; Unframed: 35 cm x 40 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on hardboard |
| Maker |
Churcher, Peter |
| Place made | Afghanistan, Afghanistan: Parwan Province, Bagram |
| Date made | 25 August 2002 |
| Conflict |
Period 2000-2009 Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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SAS soldier in the village of Bagram
Description
An SAS soldier is walking in the village of Bagram. Peter Churcher recalled, "Just outside the main gate of the air-base is the village of Bagram, in which the locals live. I was eager to go into the village and do a painting on the spot including one of the SAS soldiers. When I was in the village with my SAS escorts I was very much taken by the image of the heavily armed Australians in direct contact with the locals. This typified a lot of what the Australians experienced whilst in Afghanistan. Whilst out on patrols they told me they often went into villages to inspect and sometimes interrogate local members. Some of these villages, they told me, were so remote that they had never seen a western face before. To paint this picture in the village of Bagram enabled me to capture an image of this interaction between the Australians and the locals".