Good Golly Miss Olley Australian Treasure gone at 88 years + Archibald 2011 win + Archibald 1948 +

Gorgeous image of Margaret Olley & Ben Quilty earlier this year

after his portrait of Margaret won

Australia's prestigious 2011 Archibald Prize ...

Margaret took to colour after a bout with depression ...

her colours were splendid ...

her settings were gorgeous ...

in 1948 William Dobell won the Archibald for this portrait of Margaret ...

I was transfixed when I saw it at the Sydney Art Gallery.

I hope she was like this till her last breath.

I so want to be like Margaret when I grow up ...

good golly Miss Olley you've gone way too soon.

Photo Friday - ART ... Good Golly Miss Olley ...

Last year the Good Weekend magazine in Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald, featured this portrait, on the cover with the heading Good Golly Miss Olley - a tribute to one of Australia's finest women artist's and beloved living legend, Margaret Olley.

This portrait of Margaret Olley, painted by William Dobell in 1948 won that years ultimate Australian portrait award, the Archibald Prize , hangs in the New South Wales Art Gallery ... I snuck this photo of the portrait when visiting the gallery last year...

... this is ART!