Discover ‘Tarn’: Mindy Doré’s Minimalist Vision
Mindy Doré grew up by the harbour in Sydney, surrounded by family members who painted, illustrated, and designed. The creative environment was formative but it was only after becoming a parent that she attended art school. In her own words, returning to making felt like a homecoming.
She now lives and works in Tasmania/lutruwita, a deliberate choice that shapes everything about how she makes. The island's raw, elemental landscapes, its dolerite mountains, glacial lakes, and particular quality of light strip her practice back to its essentials. What remains is a slow, contemplative approach to abstraction: compositions built from rich color, geometric form, and the considered space between forms. She works across painting, printmaking, and ceramics, and her practice centres on process, play, and a quietness that the work itself carries into any room it occupies.
About 'Tarn'
A tarn is a glacial lake formed in the hollows left behind by retreating ice on alpine terrain. Tasmania's high country holds dozens of them, sitting still and dark between dolerite ridgelines at elevations most visitors never reach. Doré's 'Tarn' takes both its name and its spirit from those places.
The work embodies exactly what her practice pursues minimalist abstraction that holds more than it shows. It does not describe a landscape so much as carry its atmosphere into the interior. The stillness of those high-country lakes translates directly into the stillness of the composition, and the colour sits with the same depth that glacial water holds.
'Tarn' hangs at The Tempo in Sandy Bay, Hobart alongside a second Doré work, 'Marble Run iii', which approaches the same minimalist vocabulary from a completely different emotional angle.
Experience 'Tarn' During Your Stay
The only way to spend real time with 'Tarn' is to stay where it hangs. Book The Tempo, a boutique Sandy Bay apartment five minutes from Hobart CBD, with a courtyard, hot tub, vinyl collection, and two original Mindy Doré works across the space.
Want to see the full Island Collective art collection before deciding? The Royale in Hobart CBD carries works by Pat Brassington, Brigita Ozolins, and Blair Waterfield. The District also displays original Tasmanian artwork. Browse everything on The Artists page, or contact the team with any questions before you book.
