"The apparition of St Bilby to the ecumenical council"  62 x 32 inches, acrylic on stretched canvas unframed.

Saint Bilby, the patron saint of global warming, hovers angelically above the assembled menagerie of manufactured dreams and culture. Made apparent in the manifestation of mechanical marsupials and lost icons, representing the ecumenical council of lost culture. They are observed by that old devil, Sam. Who, pump in hand, is well and ready to oil the pathway to a bleak and bland globalised- franchised- super-sized future.

OutbackArt the works of Australian artist Shane Gehlert. Shane's works can be variously described as surrealism, pop surrealism, lowbrow art, fantastic surreal, fantasy art, metaphysical art, fantastic realism or visionary art! Shane is famous for his 'chrome Kangaroos ' and his latest additions of Saint Bilby. His other mechanical marsupials have become and instant hit, as too the recent 'Twitter bird' series, a parody on the social networking phenomenon of this era. The landscapes of Shane's surreal painting creations are inspired by the outback desert vistas of the far west of outback NSW, where Shane lived and worked in the Broken Hill region for some 12 years. The outback and desert landscapes of this area are famous in the art realms of Australia, synonymous with names such as Pro Hart, Jack Absalom and Hugh Schultz.