The Artist Magazine

CASE STUDY Maggie Smith

THE BUSINESS OF ART

Q: Tell us about your creative journey from amateur to working as a professional. How did you make the leap?

Art and being creative have always played a big part in my life and at school I did well in A-level art, so pursued the subject at teacher training college, but an inspirational ceramics tutor changed my desire to do painting and I had three happy years immersed in clay. Over many years I did ceramics whenever I could. When I had my three children my creativity was satisfied by bringing them up, so once they had all left home I went

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