(Who would have thought the Oron people would have a lawyer?)

 

Acrylic on canvas, 80 × 60 cm

 

This work reflects on the Oron proverb that reminds us greatness can rise from unexpected places. The central figure, haloed and holding a book of law, symbolises both achievement and the aspirations placed on a generation. Traditionally, families celebrated children who became doctors, lawyers, or figures of authority, as though success could only be recognised through those narrow paths.

 

By reimagining the lawyer as both a bearer of community pride and a symbol of inherited expectation, the painting asks what it means to define greatness. Can it also be found in the artist, the maker, the healer, the storyteller? The red ground speaks of sacrifice and resilience, while the halo transforms ambition into shared light. Here, the proverb is expanded: greatness is not fixed to one role but belongs wherever courage, creativity, and service to others take root.