A record-breaking year for the Gold Coast’s most prominent fine art prize

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The Gold Coast’s longest running fine art award, The Doyles, is back with a free exhibition held in the historic Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall from Wednesday 22 June to Sunday 3 July and featuring approximately 540 artworks from talented artists across Australia, all vying for a piece of the lucrative $20,000 prize pool. Named after the famous Australian landscape artist d’Arcy William Doyle, The Doyles has received almost 1,000 artist entrants – a whooping 300 additional entries than the previous year for its three competition categories – Landscape, Figurative and Still Life. Throughout the week, there will be a variety of free artist demonstrations hosted by over 10 featured artists, including award-winning landscape painter Herman Pekel, 2021 Doyles prize winner Manuela Pilz, well-known local artist Rebecca Cunningham, and plenty more. Further activities include the much-loved ‘yarn bombing’ installation by Gold Coast Spinners and Weavers appearing throughout Mudgeeraba, as well as free rock painting classes for children during the school holidays.