Look what I remember

42 x 33 inches
Oil on canvas.

04/09/2003 By chance, as I advanced towards the abandoned kitchen, where a small hill of stones lay, I saw a whole Iraqi army sitting silently to my right. Only the sound of an empty brass cup clinking was audible, passing between the soldiers' hands to reach mine, They had taken refuge from the US aircraft. With complete calmness, I brought them a cup of tea, and they said, "Now we are safe, and we can run in the vast forest.

Photography: All images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Ehrlich Steinberg, Los Angeles