Painting Life: Margaret Olley and Works from the Collection

21 March 2025 - 31 August 2025

Wildflowers with pears

Margaret Olley (1923–2011)
Wildflowers and pears c. 1973
oil on board, 65 × 76 cm
Purchased through the bequest of Phoebe McNamara and the Tweed Regional Gallery Donations Fund, 2019.
Tweed Regional Gallery collection.
© Margaret Olley Art Trust

Painting Life: Margaret Olley and Works from the Collection celebrates vibrant still life paintings by Margaret Olley (1923–2011) in the Tweed Regional Gallery collection, together with contemporary responses to Olley’s home studio re-creation that is on permanent display at the Margaret Olley Art Centre.