Below you’ll find my Artist Statement – offering a glimpse into the ideas and influences which shape my creative practice and guide me, whether sketching and photographing outdoors or painting back at Field View Studio.
Artist Statement
Painting the outdoors with vibrant colour, expressive texture, and an often tangible, tactile presence, Margaret Ann transforms mindful moments in nature into enduring ‘heart stories’ on canvas. Her work reaches beyond memory, offering joyful and lasting images that hold place, presence and emotion.
Deeply influenced by the landscapes of her homes – the striking Chiltern Hills of England and the rugged beauty of the Island of Ireland where she grew up – Margaret Ann draws freely on observation, memory, her extensive photographic references and her imagination. Her travels across Ireland and Europe with her trusty caravan continually inspire her, providing moods, motifs, and textures that recur throughout her work. The Atlantic coast, in particular, calls her back time and again, shaping the energy, rhythm and vibrant movement of her seascapes.
Each painting, reflecting a mindful moment, begins with a sensory response – identifying where form meets feeling; snowdrift banks, soaring cliffs, rising waves, open oceans, textured boulders and bark, or distant hills and winding paths are all rendered with dimensional awareness and vitality. Working in acrylics layered over plaster base textures, she creates surfaces that invite touch as much as sight. Her love of colour shines in bold, balanced palettes that bring landscapes and seascapes vividly alive with movement, energy, and atmosphere.
Margaret Ann’s textured, contemporary paintings invite viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with their own stories – past, present, or imagined – combining visual impact with emotional resonance. Each piece becomes an enduring companion to memory and imagination, bringing warmth, atmosphere, and a sense of connection to any living space.
What a lovely thing to say…
Over time, people who’ve visited Field View Studio, taken part in events, or collected my work have shared some kind words. Here are a few of their thoughts and I’m grateful for every one of them.
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‘To see Margaret’s work is to have a constant reminder that the world out-of-doors can be brought inside to enjoy, and to provoke thought.’
EF, Buckinghamshire
‘A presentation of vivacious colours, excitement and exploration – of mind and soul. Artistic pictures of sea, sky and sensual movements – providing beautiful memories – to recall and be cherished always.’
NB, Buckinghamshire
‘It’s no co-incidence that Margaret Liversidge loves and understands gardens and the natural world. Her work seems at one with her surroundings. Movement on the canvas where there is movement in the swelling seas or autumnal air; reflectiveness and broad vision when the landscape opens up to display its changing spectrum of colours and tones.’
DF, Buckinghamshire
‘A presentation of vivacious colours, excitement and exploration – of mind and soul. Artistic pictures of sea, sky and sensual movements – providing beautiful memories – to recall and be cherished always.’
NB, Buckinghamshire
‘We are delighted with our recent purchase… The piece sits beautifully on our son’s bedroom wall and it genuinely brightens my day whenever I see it…’
JC, Buckinghamshire, England
‘…Every place you ever live in makes a mark on you and we love to take a locally inspired painting as a sweet memory of living in this part of the world.’
P and L Buckinghamshire
‘Bright, explosive colour and expression depicting views of the Chilterns and the stunning scenery around. Margaret pours herself into the colour and the seasons, an artist who connects with the outside world, and strives to demonstrate it’s vibrancy.’
PC, Hertfordshire, England
‘Delighted to receive, beautifully packaged and safely shipped from UK, colourful mixed media work reflecting so vividly our fond memories of visiting Wormslow Plantation in Savannah, Georgia. What a vibrant reminder of our memorable family vacation – a treasured keepsake from a skilled artist.’
SW, North Carolina, USA
‘Margaret uses a bright and colourful palette, but that is not to say that her paintings are one-dimensional. Indeed, there is a depth of insight and compassion that is made all the more poignant through its colourful and often textural representation. In her painting, ‘The Crop that Failed’, Margaret manages to convey the hope that the two women in the field must cling to, even in the face of imminent starvation.’
VH, Oxfordshire, UK
‘Bright, beautiful and bold… some of the words I use to try and describe my stunning painting by Margaret Liversidge. Her work is filled with life and vivid colour, bringing a little bit of the glorious outdoors into your home. It’s a pleasure to behold each day-so much so, that I repainted my home office just so I could hang my painting in there to while away the tedious hours of working from home with a splash of joy.’
GG, Buckinghamshire, UK
‘I have wonderful vistas of textured paintings of meaningful places I’ve visited -from Bavaria to the fenlands, skilfully ‘formed’ and painted by Margaret Liversidge. They depict rugged mountains and vibrant sunsets and sit proudly on my walls inviting conversation and intrigue. I am delighted with the Art works.’
AW, Cambridgeshire, UK
‘I am very pleased to have two of Margaret’s paintings on my walls. I love the colours they have, and her use of texture certainly adds impact.’
PW, London, UK