Messy Artists...Messy Minds?

" Like an exotic bird she has spread her motifs  for her paintings all about her  in her magic cave of beguiling chaos"- Jeffrey Smart

 

Margaret Olley 1923 - 2011

 

Barry Pearce curator of the Art gallery of NSW believes the sublime jumble of of the artist's home resonates her personality, one which celebrates the ordinariness of daily life." Her paintings are a rejoicing of the moment and the shambolic nature of life. That is the gift she gives to us in her paintings. Every room in the house groans with dusty catalogues. Her clutter is becoming increasingly dangerous. There are now only tracks through to where she wants to go."

 

 

 

 

 

Francis Bacon's Studio South Kensington London

 

Margaret Olley's Paddington Studio. 

 

 

 

Margaret Olley at work in her Studio Paddington Sydney

Interview with Margaret Olley (  Excerpt )
 

" I would rather paint than cope with rubbish. You can spend your entire life cleaning the house ..I would rather do other things although I do have a cleaner who comes once a fortnight and all she does is the floors.."

Does she blanche when she walks in?

"No, she's Greek. She's very good!"

ROFL
Well I  guess I am never going to be famous if this type of mess is a prerequisite. My bourgeoise and religious hangups (cleanliness is next to Godliness")  are afflictions that I welcome and are appreciated by those I live with:)