An elderly artist Margaret Olley

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Known for her brightly painted small works, Margaret Olley perhaps sees time ticking away as she is now 84, she is now painting a three piece large work of her own studio. It is a work in progress but will be displayed in Brisbane at the Philip Bacon Galleries. She says, 'It's (Painting is) not for the money. It's when you walk in and you see the paintings on the wall for the first time, away from where you've been painting. That's where it's a learning curve. It's like seeing them for the first time.'
Credits: This photograph was taken by Brendan Esposito and published in today's Age newspaper.