Snowy Mountains Ponies

This painting depicts a pair of wild ponies from the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales. They are shown walking between some of the distinctive gum trees of that area, as they make their way down to the distant creek for their morning drink. The morning light flows over them, highlighting the russet colours in their coats, and creating an interesting play of light and dark accents in the foreground. The Snowy Mountains and its tough breed of horses  was made famous in Banjo Patterson's classic and inspiring poem, The Man from Snowy River. Such Australian mythology is what motivates most of my artwork.