Biography
Margaret’s practice is deeply inspired and influenced by the environment, from the vast and varied landscapes of Australia to the seascapes that surround it.
As a painter, Margaret works with acrylics to highlight the textural and decorative detail found in nature.
She also sculpts in steel, cut with a hand-held plasma cutter in her workshop to again translate the breadth and diversity of the physical world.
Margaret most recent solo exhibition Capturing Moments in 2022 was very successful and curated by the Clan Collective at Clancy Gallery in Preston, VIC.
She has participated in numerous exhibitions during her career and entered numerous art competitions, some of her most recent contributions being ACHERON SCULPTURE Within in Land 2023, SHOW and tell, MAVA at International Flower and Garden Show in Carlton, Gippsland Sculpture Exhibition2023 in Yinnar, Feel Good Art Prize at Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn, Contemporary Artists Society CAS A4 Australia 2023 Exhibition at Herring Island Gallery, Richmond, the Linden Postcard Show at Linden New Art in St Kilda 2022/2023, the Biblio Art Prize at the Blarney Bookshop & Art Gallery in Port Fairy 2021/2023.
Margaret has also worked with a number of schools, teaching and guiding aspiring artists through the Artist in Residence programs. In 2018 she was hosted by Carey Baptist Grammar School in Kew, Melbourne and in 2022 was Artist in Residence at Overnewton Anglican Community College in East Keilor and completed the installation of Eagles Over the Maribyrnong in 2023.
She has also undertaken commissions in the past few years including a metal screen for Blair Homestead in Bright, a Metal Wall Panel at DuBock Funerals in West Brunswick, a Wine-Bar Menu metal board for Burke & Wills Winery Folk Festival in Heathcote, a Urquhart Gate and Wall Panels for the bike-stands at Coburg Primary School senior campus in Coburg to name a few.
SEA to SHORE exhibition at Stonehouse Gallery
Cutting metal in workshop
LEAFY sculpture for OFF THE CUFF MAVA exhibtion
Chalking in design
In my studio
Private Garden Gate
Exhibitions
Apollo Bay Art Show, 2024
Quadrant Gallery, 2024
Victorian Artists Society, 2024
Red Gallery - Ladies in Red Rebel Hearts, 2024
ASV Sculpture at Melbourne International Flower and Garden Sculpture at Acheron, 2024
CAS a4 Art Australia, 2024
60BYSIXTYFOR60 2023, Red Gallery, Fitzroy
Biblio Art Prize, Blarney Bookshop & Art Gallery, Port Fairy 2023-2024
Linden Postcard Show, 2023-2024, Linden New Art
Changing Perspectives 14th Annual Exhibition 2023
VAS in Bloom Spring Select Exhibition 2023
Kinross Insiders - Kinross Arts Centre, Toorak 2023
VAS 9X5 Exhibition - 2023 The Victorian Artists Society, East Melbourne
SCULPTURE AT ACHERON - Within the Land 2023, Rennie’s at Acheron Gallery, Acheron
SHOW and tell, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Carlton -MAVA 2023
'We are Three' Sculpture selected as a finalist in the Gippsland Sculpture Exhibition, Yinnar 2023
'Follow Me' sculpture selected as a finalist in the Feel Good Art Price, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn, 2023
CAS A4 Art Australia Exhibition 2023 Herring Island Gallery, Victoria
Biblio Art Prize, Blarney Bookshop & Art Gallery, Port Fairy 2022/2023
‘Sassy Swan’ has been entered into the Brunswick Street Gallery 2023 Small Works Art Prize
Linden Postcard Show 2022-2023, Linden New Art, St Kilda 2022
CAPTURING MOMENTS, Solo Exhibition, Clancy Gallery, Preston 2022
SCULPTURE AT ACHERON Exhibition, Acheron 2022
SMORGASBORD, Ferntree Gully Art Society 2022
Biblio Art Prize, Blarney Bookshop & Art Gallery, Port Fairy 2021/2022
Melbourne Teapot Exhibition, Stonehouse Gallery Warrandyte 2021
smART, The Track Gallery, Mt Waverley 2021
FOUR MEDIUMS, Ferntree Gully Art Society 2021
RESPECT, Bendigo Bank, Carlton – MAVA 2021
A4 Art Show Australia, Contemporary Art Society of Victoria, Herring Island Gallery, Como 2021
The Overwintering Project – Wall of Wings, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington 2021
OFF THE CUFF, Ferntree Gully Art Society – MAVA 2021
AT SEA, Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington, – MAVA 2021
Linden Postcard Show 2020-21, Linden New Art, St Kilda 2020
Biblio Art Prize, Blarney Bookshop & Art Gallery, Port Fairy 2020
Truth To Be Known, – MAVA, In.Cube8R, Prahran 2020
The Sculpture Exhibition, Stonehouse Gallery, Warrandyte 2019
Melbourne Teapot, Exhibition Stonehouse Gallery, Warrandyte 2019
Christmas Exhibition, Bolin Bolin Gallery, Bulleen 2018
Melbourne Teapot Exhibition, Stonehouse Gallery, Warrandyte 2018
Birds of a Feather, Stonehouse Gallery, Warrandyte
SmallWorks, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy 2018
Christmas Exhibition, Bolin Bolin Gallery, Bulleen 2017
TWO SPIRITS, Bolin Bolin Gallery, Bulleen 2017
40 x 40 Smallworks, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
Factivism, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick 2016
The Light and The Dark Show, Red Tree Gallery, Jindivick 2016
Annual group exhibition Women’s Salon now Moreland Summer Show, Counihan
Gallery, Brunswick 2015
Quadrant Summer II, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn 2014
Current Tendencies, Moreland Summer Show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, 2014
Speak Out, Moreland Summer Show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick 2013
Jindivick Sculpture Show Jindivick, 2012
Moreland Summer Show, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick 2005-2011
Six Secrets, Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy 2006
Women’s Salon, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick 2001-2005
WOMEN, Mechanics Institute Gallery, Brunswick 1994-1999
Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda 1984
Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy 2017
HORIZONS, Red Tree Gallery, Jindivick 2017
Commissions
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Contemplation I & II sculpture for a private garden, Macleod, 2023
Four decorative metal panels for a privacy screen at a private home, Yeppoon 2022
A decorative metal wall panel for a Spiritual Retreat, Ferntree Gully 2022
A metal Wine-bar Menu board, Burke and Wills Winery, Folk Festival 2021
A decorative metal wall panel for court-yard, DuBock Funerals, West Brunswick, 2021
Three decorative metal panels for the school’s bike-shed, Coburg Primary School 2020
A decorative metal garden gate for a private home, 2020
Urquhart Street metal gate, Coburg Primary School 2020
“KEN” metal wall panel private commission, 2020
Metal signage, Burke and Wills Winery, Folk Festival 2019
Artist in Residence, Carey Baptist Grammar School – Kew Campus 2018
Lyrebird metal wall panel, Sassafras Tavern, Sassafras 2018
Metal Celtic Cross Melbourne for a family grave-site 2018
World War 1 Centenary Anniversary metal Memorial Gates, Coburg Primary School 2017
Six mural panels for Dream Stitches children’s play area
Design & paint Paschal candle for St Paul’s Anglican Church, Canterbury 2016, 2017 and 2018
Coordinated children’s project of making a large jigsaw puzzle of ‘The Lord’s Pray’ for St Paul’s Anglican Church, Canterbury, 2017