031 – Questions of Valour

Mike 

Acrylic paint on canvas

40cm x 50cm

A portrait of Ben Roberts Smith, I’ve aged him hopefully. Ben Roberts Smith is acknowledged as one of our bravest Australians being awarded the Australian Victoria Cross. Controversially he has also been accused of murdering some non-combatants including a disabled man. Killing a disabled person would be an act of cowardice to the extreme. The suggestion of cowardice upsets me greatly to the extreme opposite of his bravery award. Aussies love our heroes but we’ll cut down a poppy very quickly.