Bern Emmerichs

The Drover's Wife with the Man from Snowy River N Feral Brumbies

painted ceramic (fired)

90.00 x 60.00 cm (overall, diptych)

Inspired after seeing the award winning movie by Leah Purcell, The Drover's Wife: The Legend Of Molly Johnson. This piece is all about the high country, the controversial issues with brumbies vs the vulnerable and delicate landscape of Australia, along with the culture of the high country cattle men.
Referenced also, Banjo Paterson's famous poem The Man from Snowy River. This poem has always been considered a story portrayed as a white man. However many claims suggest that he was based on events surrounding an Indigenous stockman.