d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards and Exhibition

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Posted 2021-02-14 by Cris ⇒ follow

Thu 24 Jun 2021

is at Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall, Gold Coast. The Doyle family continues the allegiance with the talented artist organising each year an art exhibition in his honour. This year is the 16th d'Arcy Doyle Exhibition Award, a most anticipated event on the Gold Coast and beyond.

Established artists, emerging artists and junior artists can make their entry into the prestigious exhibition. There are awards for Landscape, Portrait and Still Life categories. The exhibition lasts 12 days, so the people won't miss out on this awesome event!Opening Night 24th June 2021Entry Forms Due 26th May 2021Artwork delivery 20-21st June 2021

d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards Exhibition is at Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall, 62 Railway Street, Mudgeeraba.

At the same time as the art exhibition, the Gold Coast Spinners and Weavers decorate Mudgeeraba with lots of their yarn works, adding colours and fun! There is plenty of carpark in the shopping centre. From the carpark, the art exhibition is few steps away.

"Trevor Wright and Bert" painted by Poppy Ross. Trevor Wright is the proprietor of William Creek Hotel, South Australia. Oil on Canvas. The vibrant colours express the fondness of the man for the dog. This portrait was exposed in 2019 and won the first prize in Portrait and Figure. Photo by Author.

The d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards was established in 2004, attracting interest from many artists! Many artists have the opportunity to show their work to the public and to contribute to the creative world of art.

The d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards aim to encourage artists in pursuing a career in the arts and to express themselves in form of different styles.

After admiring all the paintings in the amazing art exhibition, you can visit the Gumnut Bakery/Cafe. The bakery is located in the Mudgeeraba Market Shopping Centre, practically behind the art exhibition building. It has a huge selection of bread, pastries and pies! Gumnut Bakery/Cafe is at 25 Swan Ln, Mudgeeraba QLD 4213.

A bit of history

DARCY DOYLE
1932-2001

%%d'Arcy Doyle is a much loved Australian painter, an iconic artist who self-taught to paint, hence his remarkable style.

The paintings of d'Arcy Doyle are strongly inspired by the Australian outback and life in the country, especially in the post-war times. He painted children playing, horses running free and horses pulling carts. He painted the life in the rural areas, when children use to go to school riding a horse and not wearing shoes.

d'Arcy Doyle was a prolific artist and produced many different paintings. He was very successful and sold lots of his art.
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