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18 February, 2026

A love letter in colour: Lesley Hunter’s ‘Wild Birds’ at Art Trax

On a warm Sunday afternoon in Beaufort’s old railway station, visitors drifted through Art Trax with the easy pace of a regional opening — a few familiar faces, quiet conversations, people stopping, doubling back, then stopping again. Lesley Hunter’s work has a way of doing that. Across the room, the paintings didn’t rely on subject matter to announce themselves. Birds, landscapes, memories from travel — different surfaces, different scales — yet the same hand was evident throughout. The colour relationships were consistent, the decisions confident. You never need to check the wall label to know who had made them.

By Henry Dalkin

Lesley Hunter at Art Trax in Beaufort, where her Wild Birds exhibition brings together recent works ahead of her move away from the region.
Lesley Hunter at Art Trax in Beaufort, where her Wild Birds exhibition brings together recent works ahead of her move away from the region.

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