Dale Frank: Nobody’s Sweetie

Dale Frank Nobody’s Sweetie is a visual extravaganza showcasing the life and work of one of Australia’s most Successful and prolific contemporary artists. The film is an intimate portrait of a very private man and reveals his well guarded life behind his work.

The stakes are high, the art world is fickle and Dale spends as lavishly as he creates. His ever-evolving rural estate is home to the largest private Natural History collection in Australia, and he’s creating an exotic arid zone Botanical gardens in the surrounding fifty hectares.

But where the light shines brightest, shadows are the darkest: on top of a crushing workload, Dale has inner demons and health struggles to contend with. Due to a debilitating neurodegenerative illness, Dale battles chronic and excruciating pain. With the help of prescribed morphine and the support of his good-humoured assistants James and Trev, Dale’s relentless creative drive, resilience and capacity for hard work bulldozes through each day to get the job done.