Captain Thunderbolt hiding in the bushes | John Edwards
Oil on Canvas
Height: 61cm. Width: 51cm.
Narratives evolving from bushranger images are integral to a colonised Australian psyche. Characters were famed for stealing, philandering, mateyness and murder. Captain Thunderbolt was one such legendary figure, the longest roaming bushranger in Australian history.
Less is known about the lives of the hardy, gun-toting women who travelled with these bushrangers. The day-to-day duties of connecting with the land, of keeping up appearances in less than salubrious circumstances, suggests something of her grit, the grit of an Australian ethos of making do, of being a bricoleur and thriving. My painting hopes to work as homage to all bushrangers and settlers that took pride in colluding, conspiring and connecting in order to survive.
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Oil on Canvas
Height: 61cm. Width: 51cm.
Narratives evolving from bushranger images are integral to a colonised Australian psyche. Characters were famed for stealing, philandering, mateyness and murder. Captain Thunderbolt was one such legendary figure, the longest roaming bushranger in Australian history.
Less is known about the lives of the hardy, gun-toting women who travelled with these bushrangers. The day-to-day duties of connecting with the land, of keeping up appearances in less than salubrious circumstances, suggests something of her grit, the grit of an Australian ethos of making do, of being a bricoleur and thriving. My painting hopes to work as homage to all bushrangers and settlers that took pride in colluding, conspiring and connecting in order to survive.
More information about the artist
Oil on Canvas
Height: 61cm. Width: 51cm.
Narratives evolving from bushranger images are integral to a colonised Australian psyche. Characters were famed for stealing, philandering, mateyness and murder. Captain Thunderbolt was one such legendary figure, the longest roaming bushranger in Australian history.
Less is known about the lives of the hardy, gun-toting women who travelled with these bushrangers. The day-to-day duties of connecting with the land, of keeping up appearances in less than salubrious circumstances, suggests something of her grit, the grit of an Australian ethos of making do, of being a bricoleur and thriving. My painting hopes to work as homage to all bushrangers and settlers that took pride in colluding, conspiring and connecting in order to survive.
More information about the artist