Mural design selection
Recognising the role urban art plays in creating engaging, inclusive and safer public spaces, Queensland Rail's Positive pARTnerships Program is commissioning two new urban artworks at Banyo station.
Artwork will be installed on the rear walls of the station platforms (approximately 150 square metres per platform).
Queensland Rail invited 12 local artists to submit expressions of interest and these were short-listed to four artists and designs.
Two successful artists will be selected to produce their designs at Banyo station - one on each platform.
Have your say
Community input is central to the artist selection process, ensuring that the selected artwork reflects the tastes, values, and interests of the local community and station users.
You are invited to vote on the proposed designs for murals at Banyo station. The four short-listed concept designs are available to view below.
Vote for your two preferred designs by completing the Queensland Rail - Banyo station public artwork survey, opens in new window.
Public voting is open from 7:00AM Monday 3 August and closes 5:00PM Monday 17 August 2026.
The successful artists and their winning designs will be announced later in August on Queensland Rail's webpage, social media and in the media.
Artists and short-listed designs
Andy Harwood
The Banyo station mural designed by Andy Harwood, is inspired by the natural environment of Banyo and celebrates the area's native flora. The mural concept uses an abstract composition of colours and organic forms to reflect the diverse plant species found in the region, including coastal, wetland and open eucalypt forest ecosystems.
The design references a wide range of indigenous plants, including Tuckeroo, Queensland Blue Gum, Smooth Flax Lily, Kangaroo Grass, Smooth-barked Apple, Swamp Oak, Brisbane Laurel, Cinnamon Myrtle, Slender Rice Flower, Common Maidenhair, Fan Flower, Sarsaparilla Vine and Snake Vine. These species were selected to represent the ecological character and biodiversity of the Banyo area.
The artwork is supported by a carefully selected colour palette featuring natural greens, blues, yellows, pinks, purples and earthy tones. Colours such as Green Smoke, Salem, Pine Glade, Everglade, Moon Yellow, Old Brick and Provincial Pink help evoke the textures, forms and seasonal variations of native vegetation.
Overall, the mural aims to create a vibrant visual connection to Banyo's local landscape while transforming the station environment through contemporary public art inspired by native Australian plant life.
For more information visit
Andy Harwood's Instagram (@andyharwood_art), opens in new window
Aurora Campbell
Aurora Campbell's proposed mural for Banyo station is inspired by the nearby Boondall Wetlands and celebrates the area's distinctive subtropical landscape. The artwork draws on native wetland plants, waterways and snakeskin patterns to reflect local ecology and create a strong sense of place. Rather than depicting the wetlands literally, the design aims to capture their atmosphere through layered forms, movement and rich botanical imagery.
The composition creates depth and visual interest through overlapping plants and flowing water elements, reflecting the dense vegetation and interconnected waterways that characterise this part of Brisbane. It is designed to be visually engaging from passing trains while also revealing finer details to people waiting on the platform.
The colour palette centres on soft and deep greens inspired by wetland vegetation, complemented by light blue tones representing water and deep blue-green tones evoking shaded wetland environments. Bright pink accents provide contrast, energy and a memorable contemporary character while remaining connected to the natural setting.
The proposal combines Campbell's signature use of bold colour and detailed botanical illustration to create a vibrant, contemporary artwork that gives Banyo station a distinctive identity while celebrating one of Brisbane's most unique natural environments.
For more information visit
Aurora Campbell's website, opens in new window
Rick Hayward
This artwork by Brisbane artist Rick Hayward explores the relationship between Banyo's built environment and surrounding natural landscapes through a bold, abstract visual language. The concept uses harmonious geometric forms combined with textural botanical elements to create a dynamic and engaging composition.
The artwork draws inspiration from the Boondall Wetlands, incorporating references to four key ecosystems: Swamp She Oak Open Forest, Saltpan Vegetation, Mangrove Shrubland, and Swamp Paperbark Forest. These natural elements are interpreted through abstraction rather than literal representation, creating a contemporary design that reflects local identity and place.
Hayward is an experienced Meanjin (Brisbane) artist and former signwriter whose practice combines typography, geometric abstraction and public art. He has completed numerous commissions for Queensland Rail, including artworks at South Bank Station, Eagle Junction and Bowen Hills, as well as projects for councils, galleries and commercial clients across Australia. His work is designed to enrich public spaces and foster connections between communities and place.
For more information visit
Rick Hayward's website , opens in new window
Simon Degroot
Simon Degroot's artwork titled 'Layered Landscape' translates the area surrounding Banyo into an abstract, interlocking pattern of organic forms.
The name Banyo comes from a Turrbal word meaning "a hill or a ridge" but the hill it once described no longer exists. It was quarried away during World War II to help build Eagle Farm Airport, leaving the suburb named after a landmark that is now only present in memory.
'Layered Landscape' takes that absence as a starting point for an artwork suggesting a landform without literally depicting one - implying rise and fall, edge and contour, the shape of a place that has been continually reworked by human hands.
For more information visit
Simon Degroot's website, opens in new window
Contact
For more information or to provide feedback, please call Queensland Rail's community team on telephone
(07) 3072 9191 (during business hours) or email
communityengagement@qr.com.au