ARTIST:
TITLE: Our sunshine
MEDIUM: Japanese woodblock print
SIZE: 45*31cm
EDITION: 25
FRAMED: No
"The gang needed funds to continue living beyond the law and rather than robbing from the highways Ned planned daring bank raids.
The whole town would be taken captive and treated to the public humiliation of local police and bank staff. Bank papers were ceremonially burnt and funds were later dispersed to the Kelly sympathisers.
The flamboyant success of the robberies and the resulting largesse elevated Ned to a folk hero in the district. Some referred to Ned as "Our Sunshine" and he began to see himself as leader of a republican movement. Ned composed letters and pamphlets that set out his grievances and his aspirations, but he grew frustrated when his communiqués were suppressed and he was embittered when his hopes to win a reprieve for his mother were ignored by politicians.
In this print Kelly is riding out under a hot blue sky in a countryside of burnt trees. The circle symbol is now sun and halo.