Stephen H. Randall

US Army Combat Artist Team VII

Early Morning

By Stephen H. Randall, 1968

30 x 36

Batik on cotton

Although a white canvas could have the same effect of isolating images in a frame, the random cracking of wax and dye gave the scene a heightened sense of war as a context for ordinary activity. You have to eat and this girl is returning from an early morning run to the village market.