Late afternoon, flight line, military installation, Middle East

Accession Number ART93292
Collection type Art
Measurement Framed: 33 cm x 33 cm x 4.7 cm; Unframed: 31 cm x 31 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on linen
Maker Brown, Lyndell
Green, Charles
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 2007
Conflict Afghanistan, 2001-2021
Iraq, 2003-2013
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Middle East flightline, late afternoon, long shadows, Hercules refueling with Australian flight line enclave visible to left, low horizon with RAAF maintenance crew to left walking and standing figure at right edge of frame. In their paintings of aircraft and freight the artists emphasise the massive logistical and economical enterprise that sustains coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.