‘You do see a bit of Jackson Pollock in it’: the country pub with a striking Nicky Winmar artwork

‘I’m an avid Aussie rules fan – not St Kilda, I’m North Melbourne’: in spite of his club allegiance, publican Pat Furze is a fan of artwork by AFL legend Nicky Winmar. Photograph: Jacinta Moore/The Guardian

You’d expect the walls of a country pub to be decorated with sporting memorabilia or old photos – and, to a large extent, Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel, in regional Victoria, is just like that.

But on the wall, in the back room, hangs a striking abstract work of art.