Jack Dale
Jalala Marking Stones
(Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery)
Jack Dale, A Kimberley History is an exhibition of new ochre works from the King Leopold Ranges and is an artistic snapshot of life in the West Kimberleys since the 1920s.
Jack paints his memories of working bullock teams, Afghan camel traders, life in the stock camps, Aboriginal incarceration, and most of all his detailed knowledge of Ngarinyin Dreaming sites of the Wandjina spirit. As perhaps the last custodian of all the Wandjina Spirits residing in the Imanji region, Jack is fiercely proud and knowledgeable about the regions lore and history and this is self-evident in his spare, yet powerful paintings of the Wandjina Spirits and their country.
Jack Dale, Wandjinas at Iondra, natural ochre on canvas, 90 x 76cm.
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