http://www.maggiebeveridge.com/
The artists name is Maggie Bevereridge and she is a Scottish artist whose work now hangs in private galleries all over the UK and the rest of the world.
This ‘artist’ didn’t train as an artist, she graduated with an honours degree in Botany from Glasgow University in 1976, then worked in arts administration, publishing and aquaculture before exhibiting her paintings for the first time at the University of Stirling in 1993.
Since then she has exhibited throughout the UK and her paintings hang in private collections in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Sweden, Japan, Australia, Canada and the USA. She now paints part-time, edits part-time and is studying for another degree, this time in Herbal Medicine.
Her paintings, most of which depict animals, are strongly influenced by childhood memories of the west coast of Scotland.
I love the way this lady comes across as a ‘whole’ person with ties to and knowledge of, the earth, plants, water and now herbal medicine.
I can see all of this knowledge and her country upbringing reflected in her work.
There is a childlike quality in her I find quite charming, if she ever becomes a herbalist and owns her own premises I can think of nothing more fitting to hang on the walls than her own work.
