Natural ochres, linseed oil and siccative drier.
Original was on masonite. 1980s.
Size about 45 x 60 cm.
my own work.
Only a photo exists today.
A pendulum was used to help choose where to put colour. Eyes are so accurate! I could not do it consciously!
Inside corners are painted with a brush made of a single human hair. The eye can see to a hair's breadth. Aboriginal bark painters used brushes made of a single hair. You can only use oil paint with such a brush. It seems that aboriginal artists used goanna oil to mix their ochre paints.
**** If you shift your gaze, you might see a child looking up at a woman screaming!
Mother cross eyed with anguish!
It reminds me of a story of a young mother saying "Why can no-one hear me screaming?"
Life can be tough for young families. Everything is so expensive! Especially the roof over one's head. Cruel societies force the mother to work and her children are neglected. By rights we should help our families, not only give pensions for old people who do not need so much money any more.....
Priority was to upload. Text later.
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