United Nations Paratrooper 1993 I painted this image in 1993 under the impression of the United Nations sending troops for example by Ukraine, labeled as for example 'peacekeepers' to countries for example Bosnia or Ivory Coast. So this guy is maybe the third son of a Ukrainian farmer from Kharkiv, paid 400 USD a month by the UN, just dropped to a complete unknown battleground of ethnic clashes. Instead of a Blue helmet, I gave the whole guy a good visible yellow. He is of course not a newcomer, but a warhorse, experienced maybe in Afghanistan and Ossetia. But since I painted him in 1993, maybe he is dead now a long time already.



UNO-Falli 1993, Oil on Canvas, 200x160 cm





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