Inspired by the famous Australian poet, Henry Lawson, “Ballad of the Drover”, this painting shows a drover moving young cattle ahead of the storm to reunite them with the herd before the rivers rise and they become isolated.

A snippet from the famous poem is below:

“An hour has filled the heavens
With storm-clouds inky black;
At times the lightning trickles
Around the drover's track;
But Harry pushes onward,
His horses' strength he tries,
In hope to reach the river
Before the flood shall rise.

The thunder, pealing o'er him,
Goes rumbling down the plain;
And sweet on thirsty pastures
Beats fast the plashing rain.
And every creek and gully
Sends forth its tribute flood —
The river runs a banker,
All stained with yellow mud.”

This painting, complete in Tasmanian oak frame measures 640mm H x 940mm W ready to hang.