1940s Vintage Young Biker At Gundagai Dog Sits On The Tuckerbox

by Joan Stratton

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1940s Vintage Young Biker At Gundagai Dog Sits On The Tuckerbox

Artist

Joan Stratton

Medium

Mixed Media - Photography With Digital Modifications

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1940s Vintage Young Biker At Gundagai Dog Sits On The Tuckerbox by Joan Stratton - A black and white impressionistic painted late 1940s era contemporary scene of a handsome young man who has ridden his vintage motorcycle up the Hume Highway from Melbourne, he is taking a well need rest at the Famous Australia Historical Monument - The Dog Sit On The Tuckerbox at Snake Gully, five miles from Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia.

The Dog on the Tuckerbox monument was erected in 1932 as part of 'Back to Gundagai' week, and unveiling by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons on 28 November 1932.The dog section of the monument and base was modelled by Gundagai stonemason Frank Rusconi and cast at 'Oliver's Foundry' in Sydney.
The monument dedicated to the pioneers and bullockies, who made the highway of that time possible, was erected at the Five Mile camping site rather than the Nine Mile Peg as a location for the monument on the basis that it was more convenient to the Hume Highway and closer to the town, thereby more beneficial to tourism.

The inspiration for the statue has been traced to a doggerel poem, "Bullocky Bill", published anonymously by "Bowyang Yorke" in about 1857, which humorously describes a series of misfortunes faced by a bullock driver, culminating in his dog either sitting on or spoiling the food in his tucker-box

Part of my 1940s And 1950s Gallery which is inspired by life in the 1940s and 1950s with art pieces that remind me of the old movie star publicity shots or scenes from movies of that period. The old photographs used for this work are approved use, from my parents collection where I have taken the very small photo (approx. 50x50mm or smaller), repaired any damage then created a digital painting from it. It's quite a task to bring these beauties back and transforming them into works of art, it is something special, especially as the series are of my Mum and Dad and their siblings.

1950s Art, Portrait Prints, People Art, Classic Motorcycle Art, Black and White Art, B&W Art, Twisted Art, Modern Art, Gallery Prints, Print Art, Fine Art Prints, Canvas Prints, Photography With A Twist, Photography With A Difference

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