HIDDEN FACES
The 2024 Victorian Salon des Refusés
This portrait was submitted to the 2024 Archibald Prize.
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Cat#16 Sharon Monagle
DELIVRER Acrylic on Canvas 76 cm w x 106 cm h $1,000 Artist’s Statement Cam McClaren is a doctor at the forefront of promoting assisted dying in Australia. An oncologist, Cam sat for me at his home; we discussed his experience working in this area. Cam approaches this with enormous compassion and empathy. The term Euthanasia has historical connotations misaligned with the intention of assisted dying. We agreed that ‘Delivrer’ (from middle French) is a better term. It means to liberate, to free, to relieve from. Cam has been called a doctor who kills. In reality, he is kind, courageous, he understands the limits of medicine and what it is to ‘do no harm’. |