Here's my latest piece. The art has been finished for six months or so, but in the next couple of weeks I'm going to release a 500 print edition of collectors prints (just in time for Christmas). The painting depicts a scene from the Soviet defense of Moscow in October of 1941. The battle took place on the old Napoleonic battlefield of Borodino just outside the city. The Sergeant in front (identified by the three triangles on his collar) is leading his younger protege through the Russian trenches, while being "urged on" by a wounded political officer in the background. The Soviet uniforms in the painting are based on examples from German newsreels. Notice there are no helmets, and very few accoutrements. All the Soviet soldiers in my reference example however were wearing the large Russian overcoat and raincape (the plasch palatka), which gave them all a dashing "superman" look. The art is online at www.godsavethesouth/Borodino.htm
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