This is a small oil painting nearing completion, showing activity late in the evening at an Entry Control Point (ECP) in the FOB outside Rutbah back in 2007.
In the scene, two local Iraqi gentlemen talk with a Marine officer (back to viewer) about some issue or concern they are having...
The figure on the left is the interpreter, female, assisting the meeting (this ECP had a lot of civilians coming through, and the women had to be inspected by our women Marines-- so she served an interpreter for that activity as well).
I find the subject interesting, as one can have fun guessing what the narrative might be...
& from an artistic standpoint, the harsh floodlights made a dramatic effect that is fun and challenging to depict.
UPDATE Feb 5, 2011:
Finished!! (Well, at least it's signed-- a painting is never really finished...)
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