Artist: Gordon Syron |Title: Gadachi Man (Clever Foot) |Year: 2002 |Medium: oil on canvas |Dimensions: 140 x 88 cm; 145 x 94 cm frame
ARTWORK STORY
The Gadachi Man has magical powers and collects heads at dawn after a massacre to prevent the Redcoats taking the heads back to England. He wears emu feathers tied to his feet to cover or brush away his tracks. Also called Cleverfoot or Featherfoot meaning one to be trusted. In this painting he is running with the emus who shield him and he can change into an emu and back again.
ARTWORK STORY
The Gadachi Man has magical powers and collects heads at dawn after a massacre to prevent the Redcoats taking the heads back to England. He wears emu feathers tied to his feet to cover or brush away his tracks. Also called Cleverfoot or Featherfoot meaning one to be trusted. In this painting he is running with the emus who shield him and he can change into an emu and back again.

