Vale Philip Hunter: ‘a warrior gone’

Hunter was a deep thinker and a larrikin, and turned to the landscape he knew to paint.
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Philip Hunter Photo: David Shaw

Victorian artist Philip Hunter has died from cancer, aged only 58. Hunter will be remembered for his earthy and dramatic landscapes with lashings of white gestures.

‘He is not so much interested in place as in experience of place,’ wrote Peter Haynes in a 1998 catalogue essay of landscapes he described as essentially ‘not topographical’. 

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina