McCahon on his painting Practical Religion: the resurrection of Lazarus showing Mount Martha (Victory over death 1) 1969–70 2. Colin McCahon’s great, monumental Victory over death 2 1970 is one of the treasures of the National Gallery of Australia’s collection.For some it is this region’s equivalent of Jackson Pollock’s Blue poles 1952. Both paintings are regarded as iconic works.olin McCahon 1. I rediscovered good old Lazarus. Now this is one of the most beautiful and puzzling stories in the New Testament … It hit me, BANG! At where I was: questions and answers, faith so simple and beautiful and doubts still pushing to somewhere else.