Acacia floribunda, I’m
sorry, 2006
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Angianthus milnei, Mum
showed the children her
severed finger….. once again, 2006
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Adansonia gregorii, Every
now and then Mum would remember something
important and have to look
up from her work, 2006
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Livistona australis, The tooth fairy had forgotten to come … for the second night, 2006
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Eucalyptus haemastoma, Mum had assembled a search party. She was sure a wild animal had taken the other children…or perhaps a hobo, 2006
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Dale Kentwell
Painter (Sydney, NSW)
Dale attended Seaforth College of TAFE, completing an Arts Certificate 1983-84. Bachelor of Arts, (Visual Arts) 1986-’88. City Art Institute, Paddington. NSW
Bush Regeneration Studies, 1990-’91, Ryde College of TAFE. Ryde .NSW.
Environmental issues, the Australian landscape and particularly the
importance of remnant bushland are an inspiration for Dale. A need
for the preservation and recognition of these areas has become a major
interest.
Working primarily with painting and photography, Dale has exhibited
in 22 group shows with six solo exhibitions. Her work is in both private
and corporate collections. She lives with her partner and their three sons
in Avalon.
Contact Dale Kentwell
Artists Statement:
“Becoming a mother has impacted on my painting
with the images becoming more whimsical and
colourful and the act of painting becoming a more
powerful medative process.......”
About the Artworks : "Mum ...Speaking latin with a singlet tan"
The works on this page are an exploration of that
troublesome, turbulent yet sometimes joyous rite of
passage into motherhood.
The paintings are based in the Australian landscape
where I spent sixteen months travelling with my
eighteen month old child and his father. Eight months
of these I was pregnant with my second child.
Though
my initial aim was to document photographically the
bushland communities in Australia, (a little grandiose),
this plan was abandoned due to broken cameras,
broken light meters and no money. I was depressed and displaced, yet kept an extensive visual diary,
(drawing) regarding place and psychological state.
These paintings are a culmination of the records of
this journey, both geographically and emotionally. The
Helichrysum studded plains of the dry interior to the
dune country of the coast co-exist with the intensity
of emotion and its irrational and somewhat labile
nature.
I have constructed the paintings as stories.
Autobiographical yet I believe universal. I source
children’s art and use personal symbols, juxtaposing
these elements of fantasy and abandonment with
the restraint of adult anxieties and histories.
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Eucalyptus pauciflora, Mum really didn’t want to get her new white dress dirty but her pinny kept flipping up in the breeze 2006
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Hardenbergia violacea, Mum was contemplating the environmental implications of the escaped silkworms, 2006
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Isolepis nodosa, Mum froze… the children were not due back for another twenty minutes, 2006
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 Senecio magnificus, The baby wasn’t due to wake for another five minutes, 2006
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 Carpobrotus glaucescens, Mum slept very well that night, 2006
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