Margaret Lucas-Hill was educated in graphic design at the
London College of Printing, London,
England.She worked in advertising and, after her
children were born, taught art in secondary school.She moved to northern California in 1993 where she has continued
to pursue her career as an artist.
Although Maggie has long painted in oils, in her classrooms
she taught silk screen printing to her young students.Continuing with this medium in her own work
she found herself embellishing the prints.She abandoned the silk screen to paint directly on the silk fabric using
a combination of the batik method and freehand painting.
Maggie also makes jewelry with silver and gold
wire.She hand knits chains and created
looped designs using wire wrapping techniques.She adds pearls and semi-precious stones to her creations to make a
unique line of jewelry.
