Robyn Sweaney has been selected as a finalist in The Doyles Art Award in the celebrated Landscape category for her brilliant work 'Rainbows end'.
I have always been drawn to paint the exteriors of the more modestly scaled home or building within the Australian landscape. The theme of ‘home’ as a concept has been challenged and adapted over the years as economics and external circumstances have changed. 'Rainbows end' depicts a front elevation of a small block of units once situated on Bundjalung country near Rainbow Bay in Coolangatta in south east Queensland. Once a home to many it represents many things including a simpler more economical way of life on the coast. Nothing is revealed of what lives went on inside apart from the empty chairs on the front porch and the dichotomy of a rainbow representing hope, new beginnings, and promise. The fence though reveals a complex, emotional and ongoing contemporary narrative suggesting rapid change, and a moment in time. — Robyn Sweaney, Artist Statement 2026
The Doyles Art Award is an annual not-for-profit representational fine art award and exhibition. The award boasts a prize pool of $33,000 with the winner taking out an acquisitive cash prize of $20,000.
The exhibition of finalists will be on display at Mudgeeraba Community Centre, Somerset Drive, Mudgeeraba QLD from June 19 — June 28, 2026.
