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About the Artist
In Dale’s words: I am an identified aborigine who was born in Melbourne Victoria in 1959. My family are from the Wiradjuri mob in NSW. I would like to acknowledge that my art respects the power of the ancestral beings, expresses individual and group identity, and the relationship between people and the land. Dale Hunter who was born in Victoria in 1959, her family are from the Wiradjuri mob in NSW and she currently lives in Tasmania. Dale has a Fine Art Degree from the University of Tasmania, she also has a teaching degree as well as a Graduate Certificate in TESOL. She currently works as a school teacher at Cape Barren Island Aboriginal School. Dale says that painting the Aboriginal image on Tasmanian Blackwood creates a cultural connection with our mother the earth. The Blackwood manifests a hologram effect transcending time and place. Representational paintings of the indigenous body is the fundamental theme in her work. Dale’s husband mills the timber from their 350 acre property near St Helens in Tasmania. He resurrects dead Blackwood trees and turns them into a truly beautiful sculptural piece. After using acrylics to paint the wood, each piece is then varnished several times to enhance the natural grain of the Blackwood. Forged metal hangers are created individually for each unique and collectable piece of art. The Blackwood, which has absorbed the passing of time, actively participates in the transmission of myths and symbolism. Dale’s artwork moves away from traditional dot painting. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS • Fine Art Degree from the University of Tasmania. Major Art Theory – Aboriginal Art Practice and Culture • Bachelor of Teaching, Deakin University • Graduate Certificate Teaching English Second Other Language (TESOL), University of Wollongong • Currently employed at St Helens District High School as a teacher ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS • Solo exhibition University Tasmania Plimsoll Gallery, 2005 • Assistant to Gloria Petyarre and Barbara Weir Art Mob, 2006 • Exhibitor Tasmania Art Fair 2001, 2002, 2003 • Private art teacher 10 years St Helens 2000-2010

 

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