Affinity for animals
Date of news/blog: 7th May 2024Maggie Taft inherited her affinity for animals through her father’s veterinary work, but that’s not the only thing she inherited from him.
He was also an accomplished artist and it’s something Maggie was introduced to an early age, and which continues to inspire her today.
You will often find Maggie working away at her latest charcoal drawing in her room at Brockington House, which became her home in August 2023.
Or you may see her with some clay in hand as she works on her latest models.
That’s because as well as being a great sketch artist, Maggie is also a self-taught Sculptress using her many years of equestrian knowledge to produce much of her work.
Before coming to Brockington, she had taken on a number of commissions and even had her own promotional brochure made to advertise her services.
Maggie says: “Because of my father’s job and where we lived, I was brought up with animals and I particularly loved horses.
“When I started sculpting, my first models were horses which were made into bronze sculptures.”
One of Maggie’s daughters is also an artist, and her late husband John was very creative too, so it’s safe to say that it definitely runs in the family.
Maggie and John met whilst working in the design department of BSA Motorcycles.
They had five children, and as Maggie’s jokes: “too many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to recall.”
Maggie says she enjoys living at Brockington House.
“It’s very pleasant and the staff are all very nice,” she says.
“I take part in some of the activities and I can still do my artwork alone in my room, so I have the best of both worlds.”