Deirdre Bean
Domestica
@Tweed Regional Gallery &
Margaret Olley Arts Centre
Domestica is a solo exhibition by Deirdre Bean in which she has responded to three artist residencies: Hill End, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre and the private home of Dr Timothy Liauw, Springwater.
To find inspiration in ordinary domestic settings, one begins by imagining the guardians of these spaces and how they moved within them. It might be the kitchen bench, the drawing room table, a precious collection of china, or a collection of books. Each tells the story of those who inhabited and decorated their personal spaces. Margaret Olley left painted fingerprints and piles of washing up. Dr Liauw leaves very little; a vase of lilly pillies given to him by a neighbour. Due to the passage of time, the cottage at Hill End holds virtually nothing of Donald Murray apart from the living history of his garden and the tiles behind the wood-fired stove.
Once we leave our domestic space, our personal and private stories are told by the objects that are left behind.
 Margaret's Stove Tiles 2023Oil on board Each tile 16 x16 cm (94 tiles) in 6 sections $14,000 |
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 Murray's Cottage Nocturne 2024Oil on Linen 76 x 61 cm $5,200 |
 Murray's Cottage Curtains 2021Oil on Linen 61 x 82 cm $5200 |
 Margaret's Table 2023Oil on Linen 61 x 82 cm $5,250 |
 Margaret's Armchair 2024Oil on Linen 60 x 50 cm $4,800 |
 Margaret's Cookbooks 2023Oil on Linen 60 x 40 cm $4,600 |
 Tile Sampler 2024Oil on board 58 x 34 cm (10 x 10 cm) x 15 $4,400 |
 Margaret's Apron 2022Oil on Linen 60 x 50 cm $4800 |
 Margaret's Paint Tubes 2024Oil on Board 16 x 8 cm (x12) $240 each |
 Margaret's Drain Rack 2023Oil on Linen 50 x 70 cm $4,900 |
 Trousseau (linen) 2021Oil on Linen 60 x 60 cm $5,000 SOLD |
 Hill End Mantle Clock 2021Oil on Linen 50 x 60 cm $4,800 |
 Silver Dish, Sofala 2021Oil on Linen 50 x 40 cm $4,600 |
 Yellow Jug 2021Oil on Linen 38 x 46 cm $3,800 |
 Teapot 2021Oli on Canvas 20 x 25 cm $2,600 |
 Lillipillies 2021Oil on Linen 46 x 38 cm $3,800 |
 Nine Knives 2023Oil on Birch Board 30 x 42 cm $3,600 |
 Blackberry 2021Watercolour and Graphite on Arches 300gsm paper 16 x 17 cm $600 |
 Rosehips 2021Watercolour and Graphite on Arches 300gsm 16.5 x 17 cm $600 |
 Naked Ladies Seedhead 2021Watercolour and Graphite on Arches 300gsm paper 15.5 x 17 cm $600 |
 Honeysuckle 2021Watercolour and Graphite on Arches 300gsm paper 15.5 x 17.5 cm $600 |
 Hawthorn 2021Watercolour and Graphite on Arches 300gsm paper 15.5 x 17.5 cm $600 |
 Autumn Leaf 2021Watercolour and Graphite on Arches 300gsm paper 16 x17 cm $600 |
 Cotoneaster 2021Watercolour and Graphite on Arches 300gsm paper 17 x 17.5 cm $600 |
 Blue and White Milk with Rooster 2022Oil on Birch Board 20 x 25 cm |
 Mum's Blue and White Milk Jug 2022Oil on Birch board 20 x 25 cm |
 Blue and White Milk Jug and Serviette 2023Oil on Birch Board 20 x 20 cm |
 Blue and White Gravy Jug with Serviette 2023Oil on Board 20 x 25 cm |
 Two Spoons 2023Oil on Birch Board 20 x 25 cm $2,600 |
 Three Spoons 2023Oil on Birch Board 20 x 25 cm $2,600 |
 Cream spoon IIOil on birch board 25 x 20 cm $2,600 |
 Toast Rack I 2023Oil on Birch Board 30 x 30 cm |