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Acrylic on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the front.

This artwork comes with an external frame

A new character in Andrew's Outback Australiana series.
The crazy colourful "Your Chidin" is one of the extinct Mega Fauna that roamed Gondwana millions of years ago.
"Your Chidin" is related to the modern day Echidna except it has two, not four legs, four claws not five and is about a metre high compared to the 15 to 18 cm high Echidna.
Normally quite placid, Andrew has captured "Your Chidin" in it's aggressive crazed defence/ attach stance as the giant ants (10cm high) are attacking it. It also adopts this crazy stance if it is poked or threatened in any way.
Over many eons, the modern day Echidna has evolved to defend itself by turning the table and eating ants, learning burrowing techniques and shortening and strengthening it's spikes.
It also has developed some interesting yet bizarre reproductive attributes which you can discover by searching male Echidna physical features.

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acrylic on stretched canvas with cord across back ready to hang

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Stretched and ready to hang

This artwork is currently stretched and ready to hang.

It comes with an external frame.

Framed dimensions - 42.0(W) x 52.0(H).

Artwork dimensions - 40.0(W) x 50.0(H).

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All art by Andrew Champion

As the rain and storm clouds on the horizon approach, the shearers are preparing to get the shed ready to start shearing the sheep. 
The sheep have other ideas. 
The shearers look around and the sheep have disappeared.
"Where have they gone? They were here a minute ago"
The sheep have snuck out of the yards and hidden under the shearing shed floor.
They are not keen on the shearers clippers or getting wet in the rain.
The scene has some other hidden characters....There's a group of emus in the distant paddock, a couple of crows, a Wedge Tail Eagle and nest and a few rabbits.
Two old empty galvanized water tanks are ready to be filled by the rain.The central Australian desert is dark at night yet the stars above are brighter than those in the city.
Two emus and an aboriginal warrior stand in silent observation and thoughts as they look towards the "the rock", its reflective orange surface is a beautiful silhouette below the Dark Emu  that is somewhat hidden by the stars. There is an underlying respect.
The warrior can only be seen from certain angles and in certain light.
Many won't see him at all.
Why?
Lack of respect?
Tears flow across the dry parched earth of the surrounding outback landscape.The Collingwood captain  (# 10) Scott Pendlebury (captain, legend and making his 29th Finals appearance in the first 2023 finals game (7/09/23) and Jordon De Goey (#2) watch rising star Nic Daicos (#35), take a screamer over Carltons # 1 Jack Silvagni.
The scoreboard see the Pies leading the Blues by just 9 points in another close game.
The crowd is cheering and urging their team on.  Carn' the pies, go the blues, the intensity is vibrant.Fireworks light the night sky and  produce a most magnificent silhouette of the many highrise buildings in the central business district of Brisbane City.
The Story Bridge is ablaze with vertical and descending fireworks of every imaginable colour which provide a visual kaleidoscope reflection on the river below.
Multiple launch points have been months in the planning for the fireworks choreography, from river barges and atop the high-rise buildings and bridges.
Restaurants, party boats and parklands are jam packed with revellers and excited children, all keen to get the best vantage point to watch the jets and huge planes fly between the buildings to the awh of the mesmerised n lookers.
From the backyard, we get a close up look at the skyworks, where friends and  family gather around a barbeque and a few celebratory drinks.
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