Ten Pound Poms Gouache Painting – Yesteryear Collection

Ten Pound Poms – Yesteryear Collection

This painting brings together a gold boomerang, star and Australia map brooch set with a blue sapphire, a black and white photograph of a P&O ship, and a £10 note from the era, objects that together tell the story of one of the most significant mass migrations in modern history. From 1945 to 1972, over one million people left the UK to begin a new life in Australia and New Zealand, under an assisted passage scheme set up to expand Australia's post-war workforce. For just £10, families packed up everything they knew and boarded ships bound for the other side of the world. As someone with deep connections to both Australia and Britain, this history resonates personally with me, and it's a story I wanted to tell in paint. Find out more about the Ten Pound Pom scheme in my blog post.

If you have family photographs, jewellery or keepsakes you would like preserved in a painting, please contact me to discuss a commission.

Specifications

• Original gouache and coloured pencil on 300gsm watercolour paper
• Artwork: 29.7 x 29.7cm (11.7 x 11.7 inches)
• Signed on the front by the artist
• Certificate of authenticity included
• Unframed. If you would prefer the painting framed prior to shipping, please see the available framing options here.