AustLit

'A prevailing myth surrounding the work of Norman Lindsay is the influence of a dominating female figure. Many of his larger works in pen and ink, oil, and watercolor feature this figure, as do many of his etchings. It is through his artwork that he is most well-known, and aside from his drawings of anthropomorphized Australian native animals and political cartoons, his artwork typically features tall, strong, buxom women. While these female figures are often used as metaphorical representations of ideas or nations, they are just as often used as objects of the controlling male gaze. In the context of Lindsay's published fiction, the application and assumption of a controlling male gaze subvert the more conspicuous gender narrative.' (Introduction)