Dale Frank, Artist. Artworks 2006–2023 Colonial they disturbed the land

they disturbed the land

Mindy Aloff

For me it is art

cowrie shells have distinct spots and that no two snowflakes are identical

Middle Notes: Rose Geranium

Dale Frank, Artist. Artworks 2006–2023 Colonial they disturbed the landDale Franks paintings are an experiment in raw chemistry, time, and motion. Perhaps the most prolific, radical, and singular Australian artist of his generation, Franks work made by pouring and layering varnish over prolonged periods embodies the transgressive power of art making. It is alchemy and abstraction in one turbulent, bubbling, mirror slick concoction; intensely deliberate, but searing with a kind of dirt under your fingernails psychedelic