Can you please help me analyse this painting, i cant understand parts of it?

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Its called Persecuted lovers by Arthur Boyd if the above link doesnt work. Its basically about the interracial marriage between white australians and aborginal australians.



Why is the groom (man lying next to her) blue with a pink ear?

Why are there flowers coming out of his ear?

What significance do the bugs on the brides hair and the man with the guns face have?



Can you please explain it to me because i can't fully understand it!

Can you please help me analyse this painting, i cant understand parts of it?
i've got a different take on it...



i would say that the groom is blue because he is dead, having been shot in the head. the flowers would be representative of the blood coming out of his ear, the central wound. the positions of his hands, one between himself and woman, and his posture laying on the ground next to her would suggest that he and the woman were standing upright when he was shot, and he fell to the ground taking her with him.



the beetles on the gunman and the bride signify death as well. the brightest spot on the gunman is the beetle, which is known to feed on carion, and there is a crow directly over his shoulder perched on the tree. the beetle in the woman's hair shows that the gunman is bringing death to her. i find it particularly interesting that he is both kneeling on her foot and standing on her dress; he is physically and metaphorically keeping her down. :)
Reply:flowers, like a bouquet, from marrage...

his ears pink, beacause, he doesn't like what he hears,

about interracial love,

the bugs might mean that the man with the gun secrectly loves her
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Reply:I think that the groom is blue to identify him as an Aborigine. The pink ear might represent the love he has for this woman. I thought of this because there are flowers coming out of his ear, otherwise I would have suggested that the pink ear represents anger or irritation from being told it is not acceptable to be with her.

As for the bugs, I am not sure. Maybe it represents the idea that the Aborigines were savage and dirty. So, by being close to the groom, the bride and the man with the gun are exposed to the elements that surround the Aborigine. So, this could be a symbol of the very thing they felt that the Aborigines threatened to destroy in "civilized" white Australians.

I am by no means an expert, so take from this what you will. This is just what I see when I look at the painting.

I hope it helps!