This is the eleventh highlight: the Tweed Regional Art Gallery was an enchanting discovery set in the idyllic landscape of the Tweed Valley.
The Gallery showcased the work of Margaret Olley, Australia’s most celebrated painter of still life and interiors.
Tweed Regional Gallery
What I learned of Margaret Olley fascinated me. She lived alone in a corner house in Murwullimbah where she packed every room full of objects and vases of flowers and furniture and art materials: every part of the house was her art studio including her green kitchen. She died at the age of 88 and was hugely prolific and passionate about her art. She didn’t believe in house cleaning and if she saw dust her solution was to add another vase of flowers. I loved her!
Finally, outside the gallery we gazed at the most gorgeous landscape, a painting in itself.
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