About Margaret Riordan

I am a self-taught artist, born in Bristol, England, I have been painting and drawing all my life and have entered many competitions with success at local and national level.  Over 400 of my works have been sold throughout the UK, Europe and North America at exhibitions, in galleries and occasionally on ebay.  I enjoy painting in all mediums and particularly love the human form.  I love to paint people, and will often get pleasure from just doodling a sketch of someone at a railway station for example, I like doing portraits, and I love capturing the movement of people dancing, playing sport, etc.  I get my inspiration from Jack Vettriano and I adore David Downton, the fashion illustrator.  My other great passion is painting horses.  I like buildings, scenes, trains, boats, planes.  If it's there, I want to paint it!  I was a secretary by profession but have always loved to paint as a pastime. I have never been short of people commissioning me to do more.  Arthritis unfortunately prevents me from painting as a profession, so my paintings will not flood the market and any painting you purchase from me hopefully will be valuable by its rarity.  Thank you for looking.