Sarah Robinson is a Canberra-based painter whose hazy, layered landscapes sit between memory and observation, with forms emerging and dissolving through thin, fluid paint. A recipient of the 2025 Tyger New Ground Award, she will present a solo show at Tyger in September 2026.
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Sarah Robinson is a Canberra-based artist who explores what lies unseen within the landscape.
Rather than direct observation, her work allows for feeling and intuition to guide the painting just as much. Traces of an unspoken narrative, half-remembered scenes and lingering sensations haunt the landscape.
Working with thin, watery paint, Robinson builds her paintings through layers. Forms emerge gradually, while transparent areas reveal the unstable ground beneath. Drips bleed and pool across the canvas, creating a tension between images emerging and dissolving, as gravity and chance play an active role in the final painting.
These landscapes hover in an uncertain state between recognition and abstraction. This indeterminacy invites viewers to bring their own memories and associations into the work.
In 2025, Robinson was awarded the Tyger New Ground Award at the ANU School of Art & Design Graduate Exhibition. She will be one of the artists with Tyger at the Affordable Art Fair Brisbane in May 2026, and will present a solo show at Tyger in September 2026.
