Margaret Scott
White Lilies - watercolour
From a very early age I was passionate about art.
Demanding red paint, paper and brush at the age of three is one of my first memories. Having been taken to the Ritz Cinema I wanted to paint Pinocchio, and the desire to create in two or three dimensions has never left me.
My ambition was to be an art teacher or dress designer. I beavered away designing paper clothes for my home-made paper dolls, which developed into designing and creating my own clothes as a teenager.
I loved to watch my father paint meticulously beautiful marine paintings, and my uncle, a stain glass artist, paint the head of Christ as part of a beautiful church window.
Stranmillis Teacher Training College 1955-1958 provided me with a very stimulating environment through a plethora of materials, techniques and challenges led by tutors such as Desmond Turner and R. Croft. My opted extra subject was ceramics.
I became a teacher specializing in Special Needs and I also enjoyed teaching art.
I attended evening art and ceramics classes at the College of Art, Belfast, where I was privileged and inspired by tutors such as John Luke.
In 1989, I returned to college again and completed an Art Co-ordinator course.
On retirement from school teaching, I ran Summer Schools in my studio cottage in Fermanagh and staged solo exhibitions locally and province-wide.
I love painting in all mediums, my passion being botanical art in watercolour from life. My exploits include Tiffany glass, Paverpol modelling, batik, silk painting and jewellery.
.
I will never stagnate! My desire to grow and develop my creativity is paramount.
Demanding red paint, paper and brush at the age of three is one of my first memories. Having been taken to the Ritz Cinema I wanted to paint Pinocchio, and the desire to create in two or three dimensions has never left me.
My ambition was to be an art teacher or dress designer. I beavered away designing paper clothes for my home-made paper dolls, which developed into designing and creating my own clothes as a teenager.
I loved to watch my father paint meticulously beautiful marine paintings, and my uncle, a stain glass artist, paint the head of Christ as part of a beautiful church window.
Stranmillis Teacher Training College 1955-1958 provided me with a very stimulating environment through a plethora of materials, techniques and challenges led by tutors such as Desmond Turner and R. Croft. My opted extra subject was ceramics.
I became a teacher specializing in Special Needs and I also enjoyed teaching art.
I attended evening art and ceramics classes at the College of Art, Belfast, where I was privileged and inspired by tutors such as John Luke.
In 1989, I returned to college again and completed an Art Co-ordinator course.
On retirement from school teaching, I ran Summer Schools in my studio cottage in Fermanagh and staged solo exhibitions locally and province-wide.
I love painting in all mediums, my passion being botanical art in watercolour from life. My exploits include Tiffany glass, Paverpol modelling, batik, silk painting and jewellery.
.
I will never stagnate! My desire to grow and develop my creativity is paramount.