Drawing has been called the lifeblood of the visual arts, and Maggie's distinctive style definitely gives it life energy. Her pen & ink drawings, most worked up later with watercolour, capture the very essence of the subject, and in a highly individual fashion.

Her drawings start in situ - Maggie sat for hours on her little stool when doing the drawings for her book on Shropshire, and through all kinds of weather. She shows her subject in a way that lets it be seen for the qualities and the intrinsic worth that it has, so doesn't portray it as an interpretation that the viewer then has to translate.

Maggie feels highly influenced by such masters as Egon Schieler, whose brave use of line she so much admires. It is the his use of strength within his lines that she most reveres. Like him, she draws in ink, so any line that she draws is there for all time, which generates a demand for strong drawing-skill, and for dedication to the capacity to perceive, measure, and interpret with confidence.