I have always been interested in art and decided years ago that it would be my chosen career.

I have worked as a Graphic Artist and Creative Arts Director for the U.S. Navy, then went on to open a painting studio. I decided that a retail store was not for me and that teaching was, and began to travel teach decorative painting techniques.

I have worked for Koh-I-Noor/Grumbacher/Accent as part of their teaching/designing team, was with Chemtek, Inc. as Vice President - Decorative Arts Division for the years they were in business. I am now a design/product consultant for the company, Mayco, that bought the formulas now called Magic Metallics, from Chemtek and am a Royal Ambassador for Royal & Langnickel Brush Mfg., Inc. I also have my own column in PaintWorks magazine titled "Prime Your Palette."

I have traveled to Scandinavia and Canada to teach a variety of art forms. I teach classes at the major painting conventions in the USA and travel teach to private groups and chapters of the Society of Decorative Painters, of which I am a member.

I have a signature brush on the market called "Margot's Miracle Brush" by Royal that has been designed to my specifications to do my Contemporary Multi-load and Shaded Wash Techniques. I also have a line of painting packets that range from beginner to advanced in a variety of techniques and mediums, a series of Rub-On designs and the beginnings of my own line of rubber stamps.

I live in Florida with my wonderful husband, Harold, our dog named D.O.G., cat name C.A.T. and commute to wherever the job takes me!