I am a contemporary landscape artist in the sense that my work is a response, both formal and emotional, to my surroundings. I will use abstraction or representation, paint or collage and mixed media effects, urban or rural subjects (often overlooked ones). Whatever conveys freshness, excitement and spontaneity in the contemporary experience of landscape.

I was born in Hertfordshire and studied at Herts College of Art and Design (now University of Hertfordshire) and then went on to a Degree in Fine Art at Staffordshire University. I have previously exhibited both locally and further afield, including in London at The Mall Galleries (The Discerning Eye exhibition), The Crypt Gallery and The Candid Arts Trust; as well as in Liverpool, Staffordshire and at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge. I also have work in the Cambridge University Collection. I now live and work in St Albans.

View my website http://www.margaretpayne.org/