margaret
mcLoughlin
A passion for colour, texture, shape and dramatic contrast, inspiration arises from nature, the environment, human form and history, commemorating life itself.
ABOUT MARGARET:
Margaret’s work is inspired by colours, textures, light and shapes found in the world around her: in nature, living creatures, man-made structures, human forms, their environments.
She is disciplined- driven to observe, sketch, digest, rearrange and compose, using oil painting, acrylic painting, mixed-media and printmaking to communicate her passion and vision.
Margaret aims to express joy and meaning through heightened colour, dramatic contrast and scale.
Her practice is varied, each medium influencing the next, creating new outcomes.
Travelling has focussed attention on Margaret’s roots, with influences from her South African era plus Irish connections, and love of Australia’s environment. Historical artefacts and images have inspired much of her practice.
Margaret has won several awards, exhibited widely, both in solo and group exhibitions, locally and internationally.
Teaching to all levels has fulfilled Margaret, focussing on individual strengths, encounters and possibilities.
Margaret’s purpose-built studio overlooks 180 degrees of surrounding Yarra Valley beauty-her daily inspiration, her haven!
Margaret is a regular participant of the Yarra Valley Open Studios.
Medium: painter
Tags: oil, watercolour, mixed media, charcoal, conte
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Margaret McLoughlin - art and inspiration
Margaret McLoughlin - Her art journey, studio and inspiration - 13m
Quick timelapse sketching flowers
Timelapse - Margaret paints husband Richard reading the newspaper - took around an hour…
a FIRESIDE artist July 2022
WOMAN Exhibition at YAVA & Waterwheel 2 - 26 March 2023
