Alison Hale (born 1955) is a New Zealand artist, based in Reefton, known for her depictions of horses and the natural environment. The youngest of six children, Hale was born and grew up in Westport, on the banks on the Buller River. Horses are a recurring theme in her work, and she was fascinated by them from an early age: "I'd failed miserably at school because I was too busy riding horses!" She recalls as a child catching loose horses in Westport and returning them to their owners so she could get a ride, and biking out to the light horse club with jodhpurs she bought with whitebaiting money. Hale dropped out of school at 15, met a farrier, and went on to have three children with him. At 16 she was working at the Brackenfield Hunt Club in Canterbury, exercising hunt horses, and a year later moved to Māwheraiti with her husband to train horses. She raised her family working in shearing sheds, relief milking, mustering, and general farm work. She continued to ride, competing in showjumping and other equine events. More information...
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