margaret

Margaret is a painter and printmaker born in the northeast of England, currently living in Hampshire. She studied for a foundation diploma in Art and Design at West Dean College. This gift of time and opportunity resulted in a discovery of oil painting and printmaking.

Her inspiration is positive human impacts on the landscape, enhancing and giving meaning to place. The beginning of her work is most often found in her sketchbooks. She likes to walk through the landscape to feel each place’s unique quality of light and air. For her, the positive impacts of human beings, walls, tracks, stone circles, crop lines and bridges make her feel an ancient pull to the land and anchor her in that special place. She paints with precise colours but abstract the view into light and form that records a fleeting impression of a particular moment.

Margaret was a wildcard contestant in the 2024 Landscape Artist of the Year competition televised in January 2025 (the Bristol Dockyard episode) Whilst she didn’t win a place in the semi-final, she was interviewed by Kate Bryan during the programme. The weather that day was unkind (wind, rain and gloomy skies), but she thoroughly enjoyed the experience and wouldn’t rule out having another go one day.

Examples of Margaret’s work can be viewed on her instagram page.

Studiogeorge69 – www.instagram.com/studiogeorge69

Contact Margaret about commissions by email at margaret@heartoftheparks.co.uk

Winter sunset at Burnham Norton, Norfolk

Lino print

“Clitheroe” – Oil on board

Cornwall seascape – acrylics