Reproduction Print on paper

Signed and numbered on the front.

“Biame, the creator Spirit Emu, left the earth after its creation to reside as a dark shape in the Milky Way. The emu is inextricably linked with the wide grasslands of Australia, the landscape managed by Aboriginals. The fate of the emu, people and grain are locked in step because, for Aboriginal people, the economy and the spirit are inseparable. Europeans stare at the stars but Aboriginal people also see the spaces between where the Spirit Emu resides.” Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe

A Black Swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was.

I have been inspired by works ‘Dark Emu’ as well as Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s ‘Black Swan Theory’.

This painting was exhibited in the 2019 Mosman Art Prize