Noosa Art Prize 2026 Finalist · No. 15
Saren Dobkins
As If Out of Thin Air
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 101 × 152 cm
- Artist based in
- Tewantin, QLD
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People's Choice Award
Voting opens at the exhibition launch on Thursday 8 October. Scan the code on the label at The J, or come back to this page to vote.
About the work
As If Out of Thin Air began in a period when I had lost faith in myself, in what still felt possible ahead. The figure lies suspended between collapse and reach, her arm lifted toward something not yet visible, steadied by another hand that holds rather than rescues. Behind her, a landscape glows faintly, out of reach but not out of sight.
I was thinking about how we move from despair to hope, and that this shift rarely happens all at once. First we need to be held in gentleness, long enough to glimpse the light beyond.
I want viewers to notice that hope is not sudden salvation but a slow recognition of possibility, a small light proving the eye can see again. I want them to feel that tenderness can be structural, sturdy enough to hold weight, and that transformation can arrive quietly, as if out of thin air.
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Collection and delivery
This work is on show at The J, Noosa, until the exhibition closes on 29 October. Works bought during the exhibition stay on the wall until then, and we'll be in touch after purchase to arrange collection or delivery.
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