Margaret was born in Dunfermline, Fife, and qualified as a primary school teacher where an ability to draw and paint was extremely useful. After her marriage to Mike and the birth of their two children she returned in earnest to her artistic work, concentrating on watercolours, with landscapes and flowers being favourite subjects.
She first exhibited in Cyprus where the family lived for 3 years in the’70s, and Mike’s subsequent Army postings around the world gave her opportunities to paint and exhibit in Hong Kong and Germany – she even staged an exhibition for the expatriate community in Canton in China in 1985, just as that country was re-opening to the west.
When Mike retired from the Army the family moved to Edinburgh, and the main inspiration for her present work is the Scottish landscape and its ever-changing light, weather and seasonal colours. In recent years she has branched out into pastel, mixed media and printmaking, mainly using linocuts.
