Margaret Hoybach of Charleston was our speaker this month. Extensive painting trips to Europe, the Orient and throughout the United States have given her a rich inspiration for her watercolors. She received a degree from the University of Maryland School of Fine Arts and advanced studies at the University of California at Davis. She conducts art workshops and seminars around the US and Europe, lectures to art guilds, professional organizations and is a guest lecturer at colleges, universities and museums. She has an educational television series which is produced and shown in the Washington, DC area.

“Colors of France: A Painting Pilgrimage” was first published in 2002. She takes groups to Provence to “journal” every year. Margaret is a five time Merit Award winner in the SC Watermedia Society Annual Exhibition. She was selected in 1993 as the Commemorative Artist for the Sesquicentennial Celebration of the Citadel in Charleston. She has had numerous one man exhibitions throughout the US, and exhibited in Europe.

During 30 years of worldwide art related travel, Margaret has developed rapid sketching techniques for capturing the “inspiration of the moment” and then interpreting it later in the studio in either watercolor or oil. During the last fifteen years she has “journaled” in 19 countries over four continents while traveling over 100,000 miles. She gave a lecture/demonstration of the journaling process.

Visit Margaret's website at www.margarethoybach.com.