‘Marble Run III’ by Mindy Doré | Sandy Bay Art
Mindy Doré lives and works in Tasmania/lutruwita is a deliberate move away from Sydney's harbour, where she grew up surrounded by family members who painted, illustrated, and designed. She attended art school after becoming a parent, and describes the return to making as a homecoming. Her practice now spans painting, printmaking, and ceramics, and Tasmania's raw, elemental landscapes shape everything she produces. The island strips her work back to its essentials — compositions built from rich colour, geometric form, and the considered space between forms. Her approach is slow, focused, and contemplative. The work carries those qualities directly into the rooms it occupies.
About 'Marble Run iii'
Where 'Tarn' draws its spirit from stillness from glacial lakes sitting quiet on alpine terrain 'Marble Run iii' moves. The title references the children's toy: a system of tracks, channels, and drops designed to send a marble through a sequence of paths determined entirely by geometry and gravity. The marble has no say in where it goes. The path is the work.
Doré takes that idea and translates it into abstraction. The composition plays with momentum and direction shapes and colour that suggest movement through a defined space, the energy of a system in motion. It sits at the opposite end of her emotional register from 'Tarn', and the contrast between the two works reveals the full range of what her minimalist practice can hold. Together they create a conversation across The Tempo that rewards guests who spend time with both.
'Marble Run iii' is the third work in an ongoing series each exploring the same geometric logic from a different angle, with colour and form shifting between iterations while the underlying structure of the system stays constant.
Experience 'Marble Run iii' During Your Stay
'Marble Run iii' hangs at The Tempo in Sandy Bay, Hobart alongside 'Tarn', Doré's companion work in the same space. Staying at The Tempo gives you both works across the same apartment, two distinct expressions of the same Tasmanian minimalist practice living side by side.
The Tempo is a five-minute drive from Hobart CBD, with a private courtyard, hot tub, vinyl record collection, and bold interiors that sit naturally alongside Doré's geometric abstraction.
Want to explore the full Island Collective art collection before booking? The Royale in Hobart CBD carries works by Pat Brassington, Brigita Ozolins, and Blair Waterfield. The District displays original Tasmanian artwork throughout. See everything across the collection on The Artists page, or contact the team with any questions before you book.
