The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts the artist Wendy Sharpe, Private Cameron Simpson and an unidentified soldier 'on patrol' near Suai, East Timor. `Virtually all my work is narrative, though not always as obviously as the work from East Timor. I often paint something I've experienced directly or that I've imagined, depicting a story or psychological state with a female protagonist. The paintings and drawings from Darwin and East Timor show what I experienced each day, like diary entries.' Wendy Sharpe, 29 May 2000. Wendy Sharpe was appointed official artist in December 1999, travelling to Darwin, where she attended briefing sessions with Australian INTERFET personnel. In East Timor she was attached to the Army History Unit in Dili, where she recorded the work of the Australian peacekeepers and East Timorese people.
Depicts an Australian soldier handing out school materials to children near Suai, East Timor. Sharpe was fascinated by the children and drew them frequently. Wendy Sharpe was appointed official artist
Australian soldier on patrol, Dili, East Timor. This is a page from the large sketchbook no. 2. Sharpe produced 4 sketchbooks of drawings while in Darwin and East Timor. Wendy Sharpe was appointed off
Christmas Eve concert and performance witnessed by Sharpe at Suai Cathedral where the East Timorese people re-enacted the massacre that had taken place in the cathedral. Wendy Sharpe was appointed off
Depicts a group of East Timorese children in Suai, East Timor. 'There would be so many children around me I would end up painting them... They are so friendly and so warm. When you arrive in Suai you
Depicts two Timorese women, Dalila and Maria, washing clothes in Dili, East Timor. Sharpe was fascinated by the activities of the women in East Timor. This is a page from the large sketchbook no. 2. S
A group of East Timorese children, Dili, East Timor. Sharpe was fascinated by the children and drew them frequently. Wendy Sharpe was appointed official artist in December 1999, travelling to Darwin,
