[2] He was one of the last group of Elam graduates to be trained traditionally with classes including modelling and life drawing.

[3] Starting in 1965, Dibble collaborated with architect James Hackshaw and artist Colin McCahon on twelve projects to make works for Catholic churches in Auckland.

[3][4] He taught art at secondary schools during the 1970s,[5] then was appointed to lecture on painting and sculpture at the Palmerston North College of Education in 1977.

[6] he produced a wide range of pieces and mounted many one-man exhibitions, beginning with the Barry Lett Gallery in Auckland in 1971.

[6] Dibble was based in Palmerston North, and in 2000 established his own bronze foundry at Cloverlea for larger works.