Marguerite Bride has been painting watercolors for over 30 years now. Before moving to the Lakes District last May, she lived and worked as a full-time artist and teacher in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.

She especially loves painting scenes of bustling towns and historic settings….and if there is snow involved, all the better.  Over the years, painting portraits of homes has become her specialty.

“After leaving a high-tech career in 1994, I had no idea a new career in art would be in my future. I just knew I loved creating and wanted to learn as much as I could. A few lessons at the local art school eventually led to taking all the art courses at the community college, and then years of practice.  That’s how it started. In 1999 I summoned up the courage to show some work to a small cooperative gallery, was invited to join, and that began my “public” art career.”

Her website holds her full portfolio…you will see a wide variety of subjects captured in her paintings, such as many of her house portraits, bustling marketplaces, bucolic farmlands, quaint villages, street scenes, lighthouses, landscapes and seacoasts, JAZZ series, nature inspired paintings and lots and lots of buildings...and that’s just to name a few.

Visit her website to see her full portfolio: margebride-paintings.com

Bride lives in Plymouth, NH with husband Ed. Before joining the world of art-making full-time in 2000, Marguerite Bride was a software engineering manager from 1986-95 with a degree in Computer Science; she is also a Registered Nurse.