I am moved by the drawings and paintings of Steve Mumford, after listening to a story about him on Studio 360, marking the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. The energy and life in his work made documenting the way of life there is inspiring. Winslow Homer's documentation of WWI motivated Mumford to do the same. Hearing the story reminded me of John Singer Sargent's watercolors done after spending time at the Western Front in 1918. This was probably finished in a studio from sketches done on site.
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