Margaret Merry grew up in Falmouth where, after leaving Falmouth High School, she spent a year at Falmouth School of Art. Then followed three years at Hornsey College of Art in London where she obtained a Diploma in Art and Design. She then spent a post-graduate year at the West of England College of Art in Bristol where she gained an Art Teacher’s Diploma and a Certificate in Education of the University of Bristol. She lived and worked in Truro for over 30 years and became one of Cornwall’s most popular artists. Her paintings have been exhibited in New York, Tokyo, Paris and London and have been bought by collectors from all over the world.

She has published 4 books which became local bestsellers - “The Natural History of a Westcountry City”, “Margaret Merry’s Cornish Garden Sketchbook”, “Sea & Sail” and “Tidal Reaches”.

In 2002 she moved to Spain and now lives on a cortijo near the pretty village of Guajar Alto in the mountains between Granada and the coast. She now gets her inspiration from the dramatic mountain scenery of Andalucia which she finds lends itself to the medium of pastel and the old towns and villages which she prefers to capture in watercolour.