MARGARET HUGHLOCK trained in textile design and fashion design at Bolton College of art.

Employed originally in the textile industry, she worked for the UK's leading manufacturer, creating household textiles for DORMA and many leading  store brands including the MARY QUANT range which she launched in Japan. Later working within the domestic and commercial interiors market and evening wear withhand painted and embroidered details. 

 She now works from her studio on the Lancashire coast creating sculptural works of art for high street galleries and paintings for the print market in the UK, Italy and the USA. Margarets paintings are distinctive for their unique sculptural qualities and additional embossed foil technique, combined with the use of strong acrylic colour themes. Her subject matter varies from still life imagery to abstract and figurative works.