PAINTINGS BY URSULA BOYLAN O'GARA

UNKNOWN  AFGHAN  REFUGEE  BOY  2002 

Oil on canvas  16ins x 20ins

 

At the beginning of the Afghan war against the Taliban, this photograph appeared in the Irish Independent newspaper.

The boy seemed as if he was about to burst into tears and he looked so lost and miserable.   I resisted placing a tear under his eye and decided his expression said it all. 

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