Born in 1932 in Motherwell, Scotland, Moira studied in London at Harrow School of Art and Hornsey College of Art. She holds a London University degree in Art Teaching.

 

She has received many prestigious awards, and exhibited extensively in both solo and group exhibitions in the UK, Europe and North America.
 

Moira has undertaken many commissions for companies nationwide, and her work is in the collections of Alcoa International, Clwyd County Council, Hampshire County Council, the National Museum of Wales and Proctor & Gamble.

 

Moira is the author of several books on drawing and painting:
 

Published by A&C Black London UK:
Imaginative Still Life

Painting & Drawing Boats

Draw Still Life

Draw Nature

Draw in Brush & Ink

 

Published by A&C Black & North Light USA:
Painting in Mixed Media

 

Published by L Harper Collins, London UK:

Painting in Mixed Media (soft back)

Learn to Draw Boats

Learn to Paint Gouache

Learn to Paint Mixed Media
 

Published by David & Charles, Devon UK:
Artist's Drawing Book

 

Moira's latest book is ‘Sketchbook Secrets’, published by David & Charles in the UK and F & W Publications Cincinnati in North America.