The Pioneer by Frederick McCubbin

‘The pioneer’ by Frederick McCubbin is a painting portraying the real Australian bush life during the 19th century. Each panel conveys different notions of Australian bush life such as human spirit and strength as well as isolation and loneliness. Within panel one the body language of the woman depicts the harsh dense environment in which she’s settled in the middle of the panel, explores the loneliness and isolation. The use of colours and the darkness within the bush creating the image and notion of loneliness with the Australian bush life. The woman within the painting is setted away from her husband as the shows the isolation she faces and struggles with as the bush is a dark and dense environment to live away from civilisation. Panel two demonstrates the notion of human strength and resilience. This notion is created as the dark and dense atmosphere of the bush has been cleared away completely. The body language of the woman shows the dominate and strong stance in which conveys the notion of natural human strength and resilience. The colours used within the painting symbolises that the isolation and loneliness felt within the first panel has been portrayed and conveyed entirely. The man setted demonstrates the belonging within the environment as well as the woman holding the child. The final panel demonstrates the wider society and how the Australian bush life has been transformed as civilisation has been created through the years. Each perceptions of the Australian bush life as McCubbin views on the Australian bush life has been transformed into portray the hardships that people faced during the 19th century. By painting the Australian bush life within three panels demonstrating the circle of life and how each panel has a meaning behind it. Such as in [panel one the notion that everyone will face loneliness and isolation, in panel two that people can face each hardship through human strength and resilience, panel McCubbin has portrayed the notion of