This painting is of Omar Khadr. He was recently convicted of killing an American soldier. He admitted to it. He is going to spend perhaps the next eight years in jail for this crime. For a short time there was talk of sentencing him to forty years in jail, but that quickly fell through. At the most, he will spend eight years behind bars.
I wanted to show his face not in the perhaps sweet and almost glorified manner that we have seen it recently in all the media. Instead I wanted to show his face in coldness and hardness. After all, he did kill someone. So, here he is. Omar Khadr.
Art Painting:Omar Khadr Artist:Martin Plant©2010
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