Della Hunter

Della Hunter who has painted under the name (Joye) and more recently DHunter, is a multimedia artist who once dropped out of art school to travel Europe and visit art galleries. Since her youthful high-spirits, she has crafted a life and explored many ways to make art, primarily in oil. She also works in acrylic, pencil crayon, graphite and pastel. While each medium offers challenges and unique solutions, oil paint and pencil crayon are true loves. Her work is influenced by the colour practices of the impressionists and the discoveries of a host of classical and modern artists. She is attracted to the play of light on surfaces and the harmony of shape, colour and edge.

Her work is deeply influenced by Saskatchewan roots, whether context for a still life, scenery or fauna. She enjoys choosing subjects that are for the most part everyday and then making them extraordinary. To say she have a style is to imagine one can control the space between the mind and the canvas. It results in an approximation. Although many would call her work realistic, it is far from it. Perhaps reality beguiled is more accurate as at the level of "brush on canvas" it is total abstraction.