Saving Giuliana

This painting Saving Giuliana was initially inspired by a 1939 photograph by American photographer Dorothea Lange — a haunting image of Chris Adolph’s younger children. Their expressions, the starkness of the setting, the raw humanity — it all resonated deeply with me. It echoed not just American hardship, but Australia’s own Depression-era struggles. Times when food was scarce… and rabbits, for many families, became a crucial means of survival.